F[r]iction

“There is no body without f(r)iction”
The title of this project was taken of the deed of
Felipe Rivas, member of the collective Sexual Dissidence CUDS.

F[R]ICTION is a DIY synthesizer device that generates sound by body friction. Departing from wired body with prosthetic attachments, Quimera considers prosthetic reversal where the body prosthesis branch out to make contact with its immediate environment. Body sensors via contact through touch, light, bending orvibration are re-evaluated for their maximum impact.

Using recycled materials to create a spatial notion based architecture, comprised of various organic and machinistic technologies, F[R]ICTION explores forms of body modification in which the expanding space meets the body in friction. Admit the electronic debris, the flesh merged with the plastic, the wire, the circuit boards, the flesh takes up the space and becomes space. The generative liquid sound flowing through the space composes chaotic imagery as bona fide noise disrupting any narrative linearity that the viewers may wish to construct. Given an open space to move around, we expect the audience in the performance to be drawn into the F[R]ICTION, sharp edged and non reconcilable.

about the project´s work:
Project Description
Work in the residence 

Demo

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Project with residency: Summer 2014 at Eleonore, Linz, Austria
The Soft, The Hard and The wet curated by Shu Lea Cheang
and presented in Stadtwerkstatt in the context of ARS Electronica 2014