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martin.lukac@iaac.net — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:07:36 +0000

Unravelling project scenario:
Knit a wearable overall made as one-piece-knit,
easy to unravel. Use the fluorescent yarn for knitting
the overall.
One-day-One-night action:
Wear the overall during the sunny day in order to
allow the fabric to absorb the sun light. During the
night attach the loose end of the knit to a fixed object
on the street then walk away and let the overall
unravel, leaving the glowing trace behind you.
Walk around the city for as long as you need and let
the knitted overall unravel and disappear completely.

Process of unravelling of a knitted fabric and then reusing its threads again
has always been part of this technique due to the quality of the cotton and its
ability to be re-knitted.
The proposed knitted wearable object will appropriate this technique in order
to be able to unravel and transform itself into a physical record or trail mark.
Wearing this knitted object while walking in an urban or natural environment
one will be able to let this object dissolve into the record of the movement in a
real time, leaving the trace behind for someone to be found, followed, deciphered,
appropriated and eventually reused again.
Using a smart materials such as fluorescent yarn or retro-reflective thread can add
properties such as light emitting or back reflection of the mark during the night
while almost invisible during the day.
The transformation of the object through the movement raises questions about
how we perceive and define our environment, how we act in it, read the “terrain”,
leave the marks or traces on its surfaces or abandon objects.

smart threads research: optical fibers, shape memory alloy, retro-reflective thread

smart threads research: CNT cotton, conductive yarn, light-emitting textiles

smart threads research: EL wire, nitelite, electroluminiscent light

Unravelling concept poster

Unravelling test 1.0

Unravelling Test 2.0

(G) for Generator

martin.lukac@iaac.net — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:02:52 +0000

In what ways can we capture or record our walk in the city or in nature?

Small, portable DIY devices, capable of recording, capturing and transforming the
kinetic energy produced during the movement and transform it into the AC voltage,
generated by spinning or shifting neodymium or ferrite magnet inside the copper
wire coil.
This small generator can transform the movement into the the electricity and thus
bring a different kind of record. Connected to a static point via a thread the moving
object will spin the magnet inside the coil and produce voltage in a period of time
during which it is in motion.
The AC voltage generated by the device can be subsequently measured, consumed
or possibly stored, using a simple small device with diodes for transforming the
voltage and capacitors to store the electricity for future use.

Valldaura bootcamp workshop

martin.lukac@iaac.net — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:00:23 +0000

Valldaura‘s unique and remote location determines the means of transportation available and possible. Its proximity-distance from the Barcelona, in a combination with altitude, makes each ascend an interesting adventure. Transportation from point A to point B does not fully reveal the potential of the site.

The idea of walking the distance all the way to the Valldaura, without mixing with car traffic, can be realized in the valley. The valley can serve as a natural transition area from the city limits to Valldaura. Its existing trails bring the opportunity to walk the territory, feel the distance between the site and outskirts of city and understand the remote qualities of the future Valldaura Green Fab Lab.

Using the existing trails, combined with a new system of cableways can signal a new flux of activities to this area. Thinking while walking – a mixture of individual physical and mental abilities, exhaustion, fatigue in
a specific climate and spectacular surroundings. The idea of having two tracks, one on the ground, the other above the surface, mutually connected, can form an interesting relationships and links.

Network of cableways, pulleys, cable cars, and poles defines the system of transportation of persons or supplies. Cable cars can be towed uphill by a cluster of hot-air balloons or can use water and gravity to tow one another to top of the slope. An easy way of deploying the elements and appearance – disappearance of this network can become a part of the forest area, along with the old direction marks and other artificial remnants.