Wearkit Is a technological innovation for creating stage costumes for live performances that change trough Interaction with the performer during a performance or stage show.
Wearkit is a low-tech prop comprising modules and sensors placed directly on the skin that can measure heart rate, muscle activity and body movements, plus a covering costume part (fabric, feathers, scales or other innovative materials).
It's an open source device that makes the invisible visible by expressing emotions visually!
Wearkit
An interactive stage costume that questions the relationship between humans and technology.
Objective
Wearkit seeks to open up the way to new narratives and spectacular stage effects by allowing performers to freely create living costumes that change shape or appearance and evolve throughout a performance.
Started
September 2017
Project lead
Stéphane Garti
Programmer & digital artist.
Daniel Amaya
Performer & digital artist.
Project details
September 2017 : Creation of the project
March 2018 : First Wearkit prototype tested during a contemporary dance creative residency at thecamp
Daniel Amaya
Performer & digital artist.
Stéphane Garti
Programmer & digital artist.
Florence Grosse
Assistant Fablab Manager
Florence Grosse is a French graphic designer with a rich multi-disciplinary background. Currently, she works as a FabLab Manager at ICI thecamp FabLab.
Backed by a strong foundation in the medical field and degrees in the design field from the National School of Art and Design in Nancy and the Brussels School of Graphic Research, Florence is an avid proponent of design processes and multidisciplinary career paths. She has worked with the EDF Research and Development Lab for Breakthrough Innovation where she worked to develop new methods of tangible data visualization.
Within the context of the Hive Creative Residency at thecamp that she was a part of in 2017-2018, she developed an innovative interactive installation called "Capsule" which has been exhibited across France. She designs and facilitates workshops with a hands-on focus for executives and high-level managers.
Florence Grosse
Assistant Fablab Manager
Florence Grosse is a French graphic designer with a rich multi-disciplinary background. Currently, she works as a FabLab Manager at ICI thecamp FabLab.
Backed by a strong foundation in the medical field and degrees in the design field from the National School of Art and Design in Nancy and the Brussels School of Graphic Research, Florence is an avid proponent of design processes and multidisciplinary career paths. She has worked with the EDF Research and Development Lab for Breakthrough Innovation where she worked to develop new methods of tangible data visualization.
Within the context of the Hive Creative Residency at thecamp that she was a part of in 2017-2018, she developed an innovative interactive installation called "Capsule" which has been exhibited across France. She designs and facilitates workshops with a hands-on focus for executives and high-level managers.
Maguelone Dunoyer
Graphic designer & DA.
Maguelone Dunoyer is a French designer and entrepreneur committed to supporting social initiatives.
She studied Visual Design at ECV Provence and at the New York Institute of Technology. She has extensive work with developing awareness campaigns for the French blood bank, the NYPD and NGOs including Visual AIDS. More recently, she has dedicated the bulk of her time to exploring how positive social change can be driven by creativity and design.
She is alumni of the Hive creative residency program at thecamp and along with her co-founders, launched Myrà, a social impact startup which leverages a mobile application and a growing international community to discover the cultures of the world through traditional stories.
Maguelone Dunoyer
Graphic designer & DA.
Maguelone Dunoyer is a French designer and entrepreneur committed to supporting social initiatives.
She studied Visual Design at ECV Provence and at the New York Institute of Technology. She has extensive work with developing awareness campaigns for the French blood bank, the NYPD and NGOs including Visual AIDS. More recently, she has dedicated the bulk of her time to exploring how positive social change can be driven by creativity and design.
She is alumni of the Hive creative residency program at thecamp and along with her co-founders, launched Myrà, a social impact startup which leverages a mobile application and a growing international community to discover the cultures of the world through traditional stories.
Pape Seck Abdoulaye
Film-maker.
Nanaui Amoros Silva
Interaction designer & maker - Interlude & Hiver season #01
David Erhun
Designer & maker
Francesco Garbo
Film producer & multimedia artist.
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