Type: Maker Workbench
Topic(s): Arts
Tags: gps wearable led video surveillance security
Paying homage to the cult of love goddess Aphrodite, this interactive, wearable device can be used for walking or as a vehicle for public dialogue.
Norene Leddy started designs for the Platforms sandal in 2003, and the first Platform 001 sandal was launched at Eyebeam in May 2006. In addition to Platforms, she is currently working on Magic Girdle/Kestos Imas, a wearable device that will aid sex workers in discreet communications with their clients. Norene's work combines video, sculpture and installation and has been shown internationally. She has received several awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship. In 2001, Sanctuary re-activated the Sanctuary of Aphrodite in Paphos, Cyprus. A series of large-scale video projections and audio installations throughout the sanctuary used the Aphrodite of antiquity as a starting point and combined her with images of contemporary Cypriot domesticity: local supermarkets and the home-life of Cypriot women. In 2006 Platforms was developed during an artist's residency at the Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in Chelsea. Norene earned an M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York, and currently teaches drawing and video at Parsons and Kean University.
