The Table Runner, The Boots and the Magic Wand

The Table Runner, The Boots and the Magic Wand

Barbara Layne
Canada

With Contributors Janis Jefferies and Ahmed Khisk. Research Assistants: Genevieve Moisan, Tahseen Mustafa, Donna Legault, Hesam Khoshneviss, Sareh Majidi, Ryth Kesselring, Claire Nadon, Marc Beaulieu, Martin Peach, Sandrine Beaud, and Fanny Savoie.
The Table Runner is embedded with over 400 hand-embroidered LEDs that form an LED matrix at the factory. Spectators can make texts flow across the screen, by moving the magic wand, boots can be used to similarly trigger changing messages.
The objects are wirelessly connected via flexible textile antennae made of silver threads that are sewn onto the material. Depending on the signal strength, different messages will appear. The various texts refer to legends and mythologies about boards, boots, and wands.

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