LetMeGo by Sadaf Sadri

This project uses a Middle Eastern love spell to talk about social norms and its pressure on individuals. Using a pressure sensor made with Copper Taffeta Fabric and Velostat with a laser cut pattern of the love spell, LetMeGo attempts to question the necessity of love, family and soulmate in its normativity.

As a queer BIPOC person, I have always struggled with fitting myself in these norms, therefore, this body of work integrates love and noise to reject intimacy by crying out in noise when it is touched.

Materials: Love Spell, Conductive Fabric, Piezo Material, Speaker, Arduino Uno.

Code:

const int sensor = A0;      // Analog input pin that the potentiometer is attached to

const int speaker = 9;      // Analog output pin that the speaker is attached to

int sensorValue = 0;     // value read from the pot

int freq = 0;     // value output to the PWM (analog out)

void setup() {      // initialize serial communications at 9600 bps

  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(sensor, INPUT_PULLUP);

}

void loop() { // read the analog in value:

  sensorValue = analogRead(sensor);     // map it to the range of the analog out

 freq = map(sensorValue, 0, 1023, 0, 20000);

 if (sensorValue < 40){     // change the analog out value:

  tone(speaker, freq);

 }

 else {

   noTone(speaker);

 }

Inspirations:

Book of Spells ( طلسمات طمطم هندی)

Kobakant’s Pressure Sensor Tutorial https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=232

Morehshin Allahyari

http://www.morehshin.com/artworks/

#Spell # PressureSensor #Speaker # Zine # E-Textile #Laser-Cutter # Conductive-Thread # Arduino