This installation explores how craft can function as interface. A large, sculptural object inspired by Amazonian basketry and carnival forms becomes a tangible controller that allows visitors to navigate a future city through full-body interaction. The interface invites touch, movement, and play, making the body an active participant in the narrative.

The system connects real-time body tracking to a digital world rendered live in Unreal Engine. Gestures and movements directly affect camera perspective, spatial transitions, and narrative flow, transforming physical action into cinematic navigation.

The interface is rooted in Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and local cultural practices. Its form and materiality draw from Amazonian basketry techniques and from the Carnaval das Águas costumes, where weaving, volume, and movement are central. Fieldwork and collaboration with local artists informed both the making process and the translation of these practices into an interactive technological system.

Developed by MIT Media Lab + Quanta Novas Fronteiras.