Tapis Magique: A Choreomusical Interactive Carpet
Tapis Magique is a pressure-sensitive, knitted electronic textile carpet that generates three-dimensional sensor data based on body gestures and drives an immersive sonic environment in real-time. Inspired by the craftsmanship and connections of Javanese and Balinese Batik and Ikat textiles to their traditional performance arts, we set to merge new materials, sensing technologies, and digital fabrication with contemporary dance and music into one united and harmonious piece of object and performance. The project explores the relationship between sound and movement, and reveals the creative, unconventional possibilities of dancers to have their own agency and improvisation over the music and choreography.
In this project, we utilized the additive manufacturing process of machine knitting and electrically-conducting yarns to develop large-scale, interactive textile sensate surface. We seamlessly fused sensing and computation into the tapis to bridge the immersive-digital with the tactile-physical world, giving enhanced functionalities to the aesthetic textiles we use and live with everyday.
Coverage KnittingIndustry | Domus 1062 | AxisMag
Publication Wicaksono, I., Haddad, D.D., and Paradiso, J.A., 2022. Tapis Magique: Machine-knitted Electronic Textile Carpet for Interactive Choreomusical Performance and Immersive Environments. ACM Creativity and Cognition.
SXSW Innovation Awards 2022, Finalist: Audio/Music Innovation, Winner: Student Innovation Categories.
MIDI Innovation Award 2022, Winner: Installation Category
Dezeen Design Award 2022, Longlist: Installation Category
Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts, 2022.
Lumen Prize 2023, Shortlist: Global Majority Award
