Remember to Forget?

Remember to Forget? Aoife Ludlow, 2006.

Aoife Ludlow

Interactions with jewellery objects while they are being worn are often sub-conscious or habit-related. As such, often the most conscious interaction occurs at the point of putting on or taking off the jewellery, rather than whilst it is being worn. Remember to Forget? proposes conceptual designs for jewellery pieces, which contain RFID (radio frequency identity) tags and other hidden technology.

The jewellery box tracks and records when and how long the piece is worn for, based on the time it is absent from its place in the box. The more the piece is worn the brighter the glow from the box, the less the piece is worn the darker the box becomes, gradually fading into the background. This information could be a reassuring refl ection of signifi cance or a reminder that it is time to change some habits.

Ludlow is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and works as Research Assistant at Interface: Research in Art, Technologies and Design.

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Remember to Forget?

Aoife Ludlow, 2006.

Everyday jewellery tends to be stored in the same place each night. This place is where the objects often move from the periphery of attention to the centre. Could this be the time to promote refl ection or consideration, when the object moves from body to box, when it moves to the centre?

Remember to Forget? consists of a jewellery box and related pieces of jewellery which explore notions of memory, change and habit. It adds another communicative/refl ective layer to the experience of wearing and the traditional interaction between person, object and container.