Minimal Machines - Matters of Activity

Syntopia 1—Soma I Body, photo: Sebastian Plaza Kutzbach.

The core paradigm of Minimal Machines is the reduction of electro-mechanical operations in favor of matter’s own inner activity. This could imply tools that are designed to perform the bare minimum required in the assembly of an active material, but it could also mean that matter is designed to become operational—or machinic—itself. Sub-projects have focused on augmented reality (AR) devices for textile architectural structures as well as on the operational deployment of shape-change in plant-based textiles.

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Daoula | Sheen
The Hut

Projects

Minimal Machines 1

MoA Design Research Studio at weißensee school of art and design investigating the development of machines for non-augmented and augmented spinning on an architectural scale. more

Syntopia 1 — Soma I Body

An installation and performance for the exhibition »DAOULA | sheen. West African Wild Silk on Its Way« at Tieranatomisches Theater in Berlin (17 November 2022 to 1 July 2023) more

Article for Construction Robotics 7

The paper presents the results of the augmented reality (AR) framework developed and tested at the »DAOULA I sheen« exhibition that uses hand-based motion tracking and data capture. more

Minimal Machines 2

The MoA Design Research Studio at weißensee school of art and design investigated functional applications for the shape change of hemp rope under varying ambient humidity conditions. more

Syntopia 2 — Omada I Group

An exploration of the formation of space by a group of people for the Cluster's showroom Activarium. Using a hand-based Augmented Reality (AR) framework, a filament-structure is spun by hand, which gradually envelopes its makers. more

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