Interation #1
How it started
The start of this project came from a one-night showing I did with a friend. At the time, I was working full-time at an internship, and I carried a lot of stress around the uncertainty of what would happen next. I wanted so badly for the internship to turn into a full-time position, not just for financial stability, but also because I felt work was consuming so much of my life. My to-do list seemed endless, time felt uneven, sometimes racing forward, sometimes dragging, and many parts of my life felt out of sync with one another.
That experience seeped into this project. Because of work and other commitments, I couldn’t prepare far in advance. Instead, I created the entire piece in just two days. In a way, that process mirrored the themes already present in the work: cycles of time, rhythms that feel distorted, the tension between slowness and acceleration.
I built the piece using what I had on hand, Arduino components, foam from packages, scraps of wood and cardboard, and some laser-cut elements. It was an exercise in resourcefulness, making do with found materials and the tools immediately available to me.
I had been thinking for a long time about movement in art, and how artworks can exist in conversation with people. For me, one of the most exciting ways to invite that dialogue is through interactivity, by allowing the piece to react differently to each person who encounters it. This project became the beginning of that exploration.
That experience seeped into this project. Because of work and other commitments, I couldn’t prepare far in advance. Instead, I created the entire piece in just two days. In a way, that process mirrored the themes already present in the work: cycles of time, rhythms that feel distorted, the tension between slowness and acceleration.
I built the piece using what I had on hand, Arduino components, foam from packages, scraps of wood and cardboard, and some laser-cut elements. It was an exercise in resourcefulness, making do with found materials and the tools immediately available to me.
I had been thinking for a long time about movement in art, and how artworks can exist in conversation with people. For me, one of the most exciting ways to invite that dialogue is through interactivity, by allowing the piece to react differently to each person who encounters it. This project became the beginning of that exploration.
Interation #2
Out of Orbit
22in x 17in
Rubiat Fusigboye is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist who creates interactive works weaving traditional influences with digital innovation through creative coding, projection mapping, and visual design. In this project, she explores how life’s rhythms move at different paces, pushing time out of sync and how these cycles of stress intensify the distortion, so moments slip, overlap, and feel nonlinear, sometimes out of control, while time keeps moving forward.
The second iteration sought to push the first project further, this time using typography to bring the themes closer to home. I wanted to explore how I felt during that period, the shift and movement of weight in my life, and translate that through the jitteriness and restless motion of typography. The second hand’s uneven rhythm became a metaphor for that out-of-sync feeling.
Unlike the first piece, which I created in just two days, this work developed over the span of a week. That extra time gave me space to experiment with color, refine the structure, and think more deeply about my relationship with time. The process helped me begin to untangle some of my anxieties about time and move toward a place of greater comfort with it.
Practically, this iteration also needed to be more resilient: while the first version was only installed for four hours, this one had to live in a gallery for a week and a half. I improved the construction, but I also see opportunities for growth, exploring new shapes, refining proportions, and reducing bulk. These are directions I hope to continue in future iterations.
Out of Orbit is an experimental typographic work that treats time as structure and stress as form. Four rotating circles, work, family & friends, hobbies, and body & wellness, orbit a restrained clock. At first glance, the typography appears orderly, but closer inspection reveals tension:
Rubiat Fusigboye is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist who creates interactive works weaving traditional influences with digital innovation through creative coding, projection mapping, and visual design. In this project, she explores how life’s rhythms move at different paces, pushing time out of sync and how these cycles of stress intensify the distortion, so moments slip, overlap, and feel nonlinear, sometimes out of control, while time keeps moving forward.
The second iteration sought to push the first project further, this time using typography to bring the themes closer to home. I wanted to explore how I felt during that period, the shift and movement of weight in my life, and translate that through the jitteriness and restless motion of typography. The second hand’s uneven rhythm became a metaphor for that out-of-sync feeling.
Unlike the first piece, which I created in just two days, this work developed over the span of a week. That extra time gave me space to experiment with color, refine the structure, and think more deeply about my relationship with time. The process helped me begin to untangle some of my anxieties about time and move toward a place of greater comfort with it.
Practically, this iteration also needed to be more resilient: while the first version was only installed for four hours, this one had to live in a gallery for a week and a half. I improved the construction, but I also see opportunities for growth, exploring new shapes, refining proportions, and reducing bulk. These are directions I hope to continue in future iterations.
Out of Orbit is an experimental typographic work that treats time as structure and stress as form. Four rotating circles, work, family & friends, hobbies, and body & wellness, orbit a restrained clock. At first glance, the typography appears orderly, but closer inspection reveals tension:
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