With Kobakant in Berlin; November 5 - 7, 2015

Once we had made some scale models, we started experimenting with flexible carbon poles (from Quechua tents; thanks Reverso for this concept) to create the structure at full size. After building some different variations, we ended up with a tube-like structure, that could fold and deform in various ways. We decided that the textile tube (made from a smooth stretchy-in-all-directions fabric) would not be fixed to the bone structure, so that the structure could reshape in many ways. The only fixed points for the textile are at either end of the structure to the surroundings. This can be varied based on what possibilities there are in the performance space.

With Kobakant in Berlin; November 5 - 7, 2015

Before building the full size cocoon, we created a miniature stage on which we could work with small scale models of the final shape. Using metal wire frames, we could quickly try out various shapes, how textiles would span around these shapes, and what kind of movement the shapes would afford. Throughout the process of building the cocoon we kept the scale models close, so that we could try out different ways of fixing the shape and ways of creating the textile tube that spans around the frame of the shape.