Synesthesia
An Interactive Installation by Synesthetic Research and Design LabFebruary 19 – March 6, 2021 January 29, 2021 (Philadelphia, PA) – HOT•BED is pleased to present Synesthesia, an interactive installation by Severino Alfonso and Loukia Tsafoulia of the Synesthetic Research and Design Lab at Thomas Jefferson University. The project is the inaugural exhibition at MICRO•GALLERY, a new experimental space within HOT•BED (723 Chestnut Street). This presentation will mark the first public preview of Synesthesia before it leaves to be exhibited at the renowned ECC Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy (May-November 2021). Synesthesia stems from Alfonso and Tsafoulia’s extensive scholarly work at The Lab, which serves as a collaborative research and prototyping platform where interactive design and emergent health sciences meet. The immersive installation investigates the relationships and intersections where responsive environments and design meet; a manifestation of abstracted bodily data, projected back onto an analog domain. Synesthesia will be on view to the public by appointment only from February 19 – March 6, 2021. Synesthesia’s bulbous, tent-like form is made of textile, aluminum and fiberglass poles and 3D printed components, designed to draw the viewer in. Abstractions dance across the installation’s soft and ambient dormant state, only activated by communal participation.... Read more »