Revealing the rip
A system of buoys to reveal rip-currents along Sydney’s beaches (in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney 2013).
[1] the buoy's at night, interacting with the natural bioluminescence, [2] exhibited prototype .
Drawing on the metaphor of a ski-slope, we envisaged highlighting the ‘rip’ not as a vague area to avoid, but as a clearly defined path with beginning and end; leaving it to the swimmer to decide how to engage with this otherwise unseen force, much like one might embrace or avoid a breaking wave. By highlighting the rip in this fashion, its danger is removed, as it is exposed for what is: a fast way of getting out into the open water.
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Royal College of Art / Imperial College London, 2013.
Group project with: D. Chen, J. Jerapetritis, A. Wojdecka, N. Zhao.
Exhibited at the Object Gallery, Sydney, 2013
Imperial College London, 2013; Tech Foresight: 2033.
Featured in the book "Sport Innovation, Technology and Research", DFL Southgate et al. 2016.