LoopCurrent is an in-progress performance installation that imagines our environmental impact on the planet and the irrevocably altered future. The "Loop Current" is an oceanographic term describing a flow of warm water that affects the strength of tropical cyclones. The project uses movement, sound, seismology, and interactive textiles to reference Loop Current pathways, their destructive alterations, and looping time, where our past actions weave through our present and future realities.
The images below are templates for garment design as well as autonomous artworks.
LoopCurrent's garments are survival suits engineered to protect our future bodies as they navigate an increasingly treacherous world. The garments will be sewn with conductive thread, which, when activated by the performers, will produce sounds derived from field recordings of land and water.