if these textiles could speak, 2006 (in progress)

Authors

  • Emily Hermant

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40386

Abstract

In this project, I examine issues of intimacy and surveillance and their relationship to sound and silence through textile production. I began by tapping my own phone, and recording phone conversations with willing intimates. I then used textiles to record these intimate conversations by embroidering the sound waves onto cloth. In this project, I am very deliberately my own surveiller. I am interested in the effect of surveillance and technology on intimacy and the relationship between public and private environments. What is security? How does knowingly being under surveillance affect my environment?

Published

2006-01-01

How to Cite

Hermant, E. (2006). if these textiles could speak, 2006 (in progress). UnderCurrents: Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, 15, 18–19. https://doi.org/10.25071/2292-4736/40386

Issue

Vol. 15 (2006): Mobilizing Nature: Militarism and the Environment

Section

Creative

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