Wintersemester 2008/09,

LONELINESS

I want to textile object which can help people to avoid loneliness.

Loneliness can be avoided with physical contact e.g. by a hand on a shoulder or even better by a hug. You can be around many people and still feel lonely, which is a good example of how physical contact from another human being is important. I am working with physical contact, which is related to the touch sense. I am therefore focused on hands touching and arms hugging.

I want to work with the theme from a humorously point of view, because the loneliness itself can be a very difficult subject. I want to investigate how people accidentally can become connected. This way of being connected will make the users of the objects smile.