Angela McIntosh
Failed Solitude / Signal or Noise?
Installation
2020
Digitally printed silk organza; merino wool; human hair; Arduino Micro; Adafruit audio FX sound board; speaker; electronic components for functionality
4’ x 4’ x 1.5’
Thesis work
“Anchored in the material exploration of felt-making and the embodiment of digital modes of communication, this work contrasts the slow, deliberate and tactile practice of felting with the fleeting and ephemeral nature of text messages. The result is a hybrid creature of text(ile) and tech: tangled layers of felt incorporate digitally printed text messages and embed an Arduino microprocessor within its organic form. By examining the nature of communication between mother and daughter, across time and space, I explore concepts of loneliness, loss, transformation, phenomenology and the political nature of the digital lifeworld.”
Work by
Angela McIntosh
Multidisciplinary
“My work is primarily engaged with communicative acts, centering on what binds us rather than what divides. This is reflected in my material choices. Contemplating the life-giving nature of the...” [More]