Walking Through Walls is a collaboration between Dr Patricia J Flanagan, Maeve Donohoe and Darcy Altavilla. Dr Flanagan is a highly awarded artist and published academic who has exhibited extensively both in Australia and overseas. She is currently a lecturer at the school of Art and Design at the University of NSW. Maeve and Darcy have worked closely with Dr Flanagan throughout their own studies at the UNSW. Darcy has a Bachelor of Commerce/Design (Honours), whilst Maeve obtained a Bachelor of Design (Honours) in 2021 and is currently interning with Dr Flanagan.
Walking Through Walls is ‘…based on a modular system of interlinking stars, which can be reconfigured into diverse multifunctional forms. Designed to enhance a social economy, it is created from materials gathered from the urban environment… [and] can be reconfigured into clothing or functional objects and, in its conical form can be used to wrap around the body, as a mat, or to protect the body from heat and insects.
The design leverages interlacing methodologies of making, drawing inspiration from traditional woven craft from across diverse cultures and communities.
The multifunctional paper element of Walking Through Walls takes many hours to link together, a process that is designed to foster community, conversation, and cultural capital.
The design is extended beyond the physical form to the virtual realm through laser etched design motifs that trigger larger than life extensions and body augmentation, that are animated across the surface and around the body’.
Materials: vintage wallpaper, corrugated cardboard, and Phoenix palm fibre
Walking through Walls video clip created by the artists, includes augmented reality footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDzOsAYqeTw