Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Restless Habitat



We are working on our new project. I have spent the week at the loom playing with a new product, (fluorescent light). It has many possibilities and I am looking at it in the context of illuminating the interior or what's inside the structure(ie: tent, yurt etc). All cultures and peoples need light to exist, many carry the light with them and many rely on the sun and the moon to reside or navigate the earths surface. If you are nomadic how do you light your habitat at darkness, during a storm, or even long winter nights. What has tradition in a particular culture got to do with modern times? How do these cultures deal with the 21st century and live in harmony with both worlds?