Remnants
This project looks at the emotional and psychic remnants of the workday carried home.
Pillows 1-5, 2016 fabric, electronics, audio, dimensions variable
Image credit: Amal Khan
Pillows 1-5 are interactive sculptures designed to blend into a room. Three of the five pillows play fragments of audio when a viewer presses or leans against them. One plays notification sounds, another a redacted email, and the third plays excerpts from a book on management.
Work Shirt, 2016, fabric, fan, Arduino Nano, electronics, audio, 5 x 3 x 2 ft.
Image credit: Amal Khan
Work Shirt plays an ambient audio piece when activated by air from the oscillating fan.
Work Shirt 2, 2016, embroidered fabric, 30 x 12 x 2 in.
Image credit: Amal Khan
Work Shirt 2 is a semi-abstracted shirt form sewn from brightly patterned fabric. Portions of the design are embroidered by hand, mimicking the pattern.
Image Collection 2, 2016, jpg/variable, dimensions variable
Image credit: Amal Khan
Phone, 2018, plastic, acrylic, electronics, 3 x 5 x .5 in.
Phone is interactive with a tilt switch that turns on a series of LEDs, backlighting the screen when a viewer lifts and tilts the sculpture.
7 Lamps (detail), 2016, lamps, electronics, dimensions variable
7 Lamps reacts to sound, becoming brighter or dimmer according to changes in the volume of its environment.