Remnants

This project looks at the emotional and psychic remnants of the workday carried home.

Pillows 1-5
Pillows 1-5 install view

Pillows 1-5, 2016 fabric, electronics, audio, dimensions variable
Image credit: Amal Khan

Pillows 1-5 are interactive sculptures designed to blend into a room. Three of the five pillows play fragments of audio when a viewer presses or leans against them. One plays notification sounds, another a redacted email, and the third plays excerpts from a book on management.

Work Shirt

Work Shirt, 2016, fabric, fan, Arduino Nano, electronics, audio, 5 x 3 x 2 ft.
Image credit: Amal Khan

Work Shirt plays an ambient audio piece when activated by air from the oscillating fan.

Work Shirt 2
Work Shirt 2 Detail

Work Shirt 2, 2016, embroidered fabric, 30 x 12 x 2 in.
Image credit: Amal Khan

Work Shirt 2 is a semi-abstracted shirt form sewn from brightly patterned fabric. Portions of the design are embroidered by hand, mimicking the pattern.

Image Collection 2 installation view

Image Collection 2, 2016, jpg/variable, dimensions variable
Image credit: Amal Khan

Phone

Phone, 2018, plastic, acrylic, electronics, 3 x 5 x .5 in.

Phone is interactive with a tilt switch that turns on a series of LEDs, backlighting the screen when a viewer lifts and tilts the sculpture.

Seven Lamps detail

7 Lamps (detail), 2016, lamps, electronics, dimensions variable

7 Lamps reacts to sound, becoming brighter or dimmer according to changes in the volume of its environment.