Concept | Liquid Gestures¶
Liquid Gestures is a project that explores the translation of bodily movement in water into a visual and material language. Based on the analysis of trajectories, the project proposes a system in which bodily gestures become data, data becomes patterns, and patterns become structures applied to the body.
Beyond an aesthetic representation, the project aims for the pattern to function as an interface between movement, material, and body, demonstrating how computational design can materialize dynamic phenomena into tangible objects. Through the use of technical textiles, digital printing, and modules manufactured via 3D printing, a dialogue is established between flexibility, structure, and flow.
This project is also understood as a personal process of experimentation and learning. Throughout its development, parametric design has been used not only as a tool for formal generation but as a means to understand relationships between data, geometry, and material behavior. Similarly, the application of digital fabrication techniques has allowed these explorations to be brought into a physical context, confronting real-world decisions regarding scale, materiality, and assembly. The project proposes a way of designing in which the process, experimentation, and iteration are as relevant as the final object, establishing a foundation for future explorations within parametric design applied to the body and textiles, as well as personalization.
Concept first Proposal from Monse Islas
5 Ws who, what, when, where, why¶
how is what you will start defining in your process pages
who¶
- Personal experiences
- People who have an intimate relationship with water
- Swimming or diving underwater as a way to connect with water
- Can be applied to any type of underwater immersion
what¶
- Physical representation of the relationship with water
- Personalized textile artifact/ garment that functions as a material record of movement and identity
when¶
- During the inmersion
- During aquatic movement
- During data recording and translation
- Period from January to March
where¶
- The project operates across multiple environments:
- In water, where movement originates
- On the body, where the object is worn, activated, and aged
- In the fabrication lab at IDIT Ibero Puebla, where patterns and materials are developed
why¶
This project responds to the need for textiles that: - Are deeply connected to the body that generates them - Resist anonymity through personalization and embodied data - Value time, care, and long-term use
References projects, research papers, expos, performances etc¶
Movement of the ocean produce data that can be translate into an garment
LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS¶
(LMA) is an effective framework for observing, describing and understanding human movement and what it expresses. It is widely used in the fields of dance, theater, dance therapy, physical therapy, sports, and psychology. It was proposed by Rudolf Laban, who is considered as the most important movement theorist of the twentieth century and the founding father of modern dance in central Europe. He considered human movement as both a science and an art that embraces a continuum from nature to spirituality. I believe that this system aligns with my project on the study of movement in swimming as a structurable body language, as it provides a theoretical basis for the idea that movement can be analyzed, broken down, and translated into visual systems.
Maite Sosa Methol`s¶
Maite Sosa Methol's “Movement” project (Fabricademy MVD 2021) inspires the idea that body movement can function as a parameter for generating geometry and design, showing that movement data not only analyzes but also formalizes and materializes design processes.
Moodboard¶
CMoodboard from Monse Islas