carolina Trinker
Textiles MFA
Parsons School of Design
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Textiles for Fashion / Textile Innovation/Textile Art
My location: New York, United States
carolina Trinker
First Name: carolina
Last Name: Trinker
University / College: Parsons School of Design
Course / Program: Textiles MFA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles - Knit / Textiles for Fashion / Textile Innovation/Textile Art
My Location: New York, United States
Website: Click To See Website
About
Introducing myself is perpetually difficult. I am one of the odd, rootless people of a new generation: my mother grew up in Brazil, my father in Austria, and I, around the world. My if-somewhat-fragmented cultural experiences have been a true blessing, revealing different facets of humanities subjects, music, and hands-on creativity. Someplace between fashion, textiles, and art, I collect ideas from my surroundings and lived experiences. Exposed to many languages throughout my upbringing, I gravitate towards translating these ideas into knits as an expression of binary code. Using these approaches, I embrace critical design, questioning digital societal structures and human-material relationships.
The digital realm is evolving and expanding exponentially. For better or worse, we are increasingly split between physical and virtual dimensions. Considering what it means to be hooked into our many flat screens – translating, encoding, and imprinting ourselves – EMBRYØ dissects today’s divided, yet oddly interwoven, human. In this circuit of five terminals, each is fitted with an emblematic critter and cable plug knitted in stitches of binary code. The cords connect to a central being. When activated via augmented reality, the pieces come alive. Based on cold-blooded, egg-laying creatures, they warp the grids of their respective platonic geometries and resonate at different frequencies of color. The gecko corresponds with the octahedron, the silverfish with the icosahedron, the snake with the dodecahedron, the ant with the hexahedron, and the dragon with the tetrahedron. EMBRYØ turns to original alchemical elements of the universe in an attempt to grasp our new realities. AR animation collaboration with Dutch animation artist LifeOnMarzj, Maartje Simons (using Artivive app) TO VIEW MY PROJECT BOOK PLEASE VISIT: https://www.carolinatrinker.com/portfolio Photographed by Nicole Schwarze Modelled by Isabella Yu
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