Scale in passing: Re-calibrating narrowness through spatial interventions

Marianna Czwojdrak; Mara Trübenbach

doi:10.1386/art_00027_7

ISSN: 1749-3463
E-ISSN: 1749-3471

oa Scale in passing: Re-calibrating narrowness through spatial interventions
By Marianna Czwojdrak and Mara Trübenbach
Source: Artifact, Volume 9, Issue 1-2, Dec 2022, p. 27.1 - 27.17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/art_00027_7
Language: English
- Received: 27 Jan 2022
- Accepted: 30 Sep 2022
- Published online: 23 Jan 2023

Abstract

Reflecting on the art installation Motion of Scales, which was temporarily installed in the city centre of Kolding, Denmark, as a part of the NORDES 2021 conference, this article explores the interrelation between body, material and its performative potential. Analysing the design process through description and observation of how it was experienced and interacted with by urban public, the design-led research aims to interrogate subjectivity, emotion and embodied knowledge in academic research and its methods. How could movement within scale open up new perspectives? Does material hold a potential to reveal new modes of thinking in design research? How and to what extent could emotion contribute to design practices?

Funding

This study was supported by the:

European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Award Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 860413)

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