The silent language of connection
Ella Ben-Amar
I started this project asking what the body says when words run out. Through researching Laban, visiting non verbal autistic children and studying biological connection, I understood that touch, rhythm and proximity are how bodies confirm to each other — I am here, I am with you.
This garment physically conjoins two new friends. The headpieces create tunnel vision so you can only see each other. Person A squeezes and person B feels it. A physical morse code.