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Claudia Nunez-<br />
Pacheco<br />
LÚCILA, 2011<br />
Interactive jewellery<br />
Device Studio: LÚCILA, Arduino <strong>and</strong> Jewelry.<br />
“Lúcila” comes from “Lucila”, which is a feminine<br />
Spanish name that means “light” <strong>and</strong> the word<br />
“Lúcida”, that means lucid, clear <strong>and</strong> luminous”<br />
Lúcila is a piece <strong>of</strong> interactive jewellery that by<br />
means <strong>of</strong> sensors, reacts to user’s heartbeat,<br />
providing an experience in a personal level<br />
<strong>and</strong> a pr<strong>of</strong>ound connection with the object.<br />
Based on human’s natural sense <strong>of</strong> belonging,<br />
this installation wants to dialogue with the user<br />
as well as communicates feelings to others.<br />
This device is inspired by the fact that despite<br />
materialism <strong>and</strong> its negative messages, there are<br />
some objects with strong personal significance<br />
<strong>and</strong> meaning. Some <strong>of</strong> them contain a powerful<br />
narrative, dialoguing with us <strong>and</strong> evoking diverse<br />
feelings, remembrances <strong>and</strong> ideas. In that sense,<br />
the aim <strong>of</strong> Lúcila is to represent that the real<br />
<strong>and</strong> precious value is our personal experience,<br />
symbolised by the colour <strong>and</strong> frequency <strong>of</strong><br />
flashing, which is always dierent according<br />
to every person.<br />
The central light shows our instant emotions by<br />
the use <strong>of</strong> colour as a tool <strong>of</strong> communication.<br />
Every colour represents dierent emotional<br />
stages, associated with the user’s levels <strong>of</strong><br />
anxiety <strong>and</strong> calm. This characteristic change<br />
are constantly challenging other’s empathy,<br />
especially when the colour turns an intense<br />
red, mainly because red is a colour that is<br />
conceptually related to a sort <strong>of</strong> alert mode in<br />
our social conventions.<br />
This <strong>design</strong> suggests that from the depth <strong>of</strong> our<br />
inner self, it is possible to manifest something<br />
really inspiring, unique <strong>and</strong> priceless.<br />
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