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EDC Project Award Proposal: Feeling Tingly?
“Feeling Tingly?” will be a multi-sensory installation that explores overconsumption by centering materials that reflect the pervasiveness of synthetic substances in contemporary life. This project will examine how everyday plastic waste can carry new meanings when encountered through unexpected sensory experiences. Inspired by ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response), the work invites viewers to explore the nuances of bodily sensation through hypnotic sounds, textures, and visuals designed to evoke “tingles”, a rush of dopamine through the body. Rather than imagining a return to a pristine or waste-free world, this work proposes alternative ways of being-with the waste and pollution we inherit, inviting viewers to reflect on their own consumer realities and relationship to pleasure through tactile, visual, and sensory encounters.
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5 Replies
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Absolutely love this. Especially the being-with the waste rather than a return to the pristine. Perhaps an antidote to toxicity is to first truly encounter it, on a multi-sensorial level. I recommend reading Heather Davis’ “Plastic Matter”, which goes deep into this very subject, and references artists who’ve worked with plastics and garbage intimately.
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Absolutely love this. Especially the being-with the trouble (plastic, garbage, waste) rather than a return to a pristine. Perhaps an antidote to toxicity is to first truly encounter it, on a multi-sensorial level. I highly recommend Heather Davis’ “Plastic Matter” which references artist working with garbage and plastic intimately.
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This! “Rather than imagining a return to a pristine or waste-free world, this work proposes alternative ways of being-with the waste and pollution we inherit.” Love it.
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Rachel always rooting for you to get funding and continue your work!
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I love the tactile experience of encountering the toxicity, which brings people in direct contact with the experience that we are not separate from the pollution we create.
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