Our final artefact takes the form of a concise artbook, spotlighting the visuals that participants conjured when interacting with the prepared materials.
PROCESS
Our project went through various stages which produced a series of physical artefacts that were compiled into a photobook as a final outcome. The process began with researching on our topic of ‘texture aversions’ where we find out what kind of materials were commonly found to be 'disgusting' or 'uncomfortable'. These materials were used for conducting a ‘Touch Test’, our data collection of visual imagery and fear level ranked by the participants. We also created data visualisations to help better understand and summarise our results.
Creating the physical artefact itself was quite challenging and we went through many trials and errors. Each iteration refined our approach, leading to an artifact that represented the complexities of texture aversions. After creating the physical artefact, our project took a turn towards producing a photobook as our final outcome. Serving as an archival documentation of our experimentations, the photobook compiles and provides an archive of our journey through experimentation, ideation, and creation.
Looking back, going into texture aversion as a topic revealed lots of intriguing aspects of fear and visual perception that we hadn't initially anticipated. The creation of the artbook became a tangible record of that, capturing the diverse and often surprising responses from participants.