Design Transforming Dress Based on Pneumatic Systems
Jung Whan Sung · TECHART Journal of Arts and Imaging Science · 2014
Stage costume is one of the most important factors for accomplishing the actor’s character in the musical. When costume with electronic devices is directed in proper situation of play, the costume can be used for presentation equipment more (often? Effectively?) than the costume itself. Generally, light emitting materials (LED, EL Wire) are used to direct musical with costume. But those materials are difficult to be adapted depending on the lighting system in the theater and restricted in terms of expressing contents of the musical. On the other hand, this transforming dress was made to transform shape of the dress physically. In this case, it is possible to change the dress dramatically without being limited by the lighting system. However, there seem to be other restrictions such as the size and the weight of the equipment. On this paper, we suggest the production method of transforming dress with air tube and cylinder. Using this method, we use pneumatic cylinder as actuator for movement of frames while cloth bones form their shape.