DXARTS SoftLab

May 7

May 7 Flexible Embedded Circuitry for Composition and Art Practice by Jess Rowland

Virtual artist talk by Jess Rowland on flexible embedded circuitry for sound composition, paper speakers, and interactive graphic scores.

Apr 12

Apr 12 Electronic Pirouettes: Sound as Movement in Circuitry by Ioana Vreme Moser

Afroditi Psarra

Virtual artist talk by Ioana Vreme Moser on the pathway of an ex-ballerina through fluid computers, plant espionage, cosmetic synthesisers and electronic lollipops.

Mar 16

Mar 16 Eat This Cake If It Makes You Happy By Althea Rao

Althea Rao

Eat This Cake If It Makes You Happy explores food as a metaphor, as an emotional shelter, as a portal through which one may get away and get to many places.

Jan 13

Jan 13 Ventriloquist Ontology by Afroditi Psarra

Afroditi Psarra

‘Ventriloquist Ontology’ explores the limits of control and points of hybridization between the human and the machine through the relationship of a performer and a wearable entity. This ventriloquist modular soft entity speaks through text generated using a GPT-2 language model, trained on a dataset of texts around biopolitics, algo-governance, the surveillanced body, and queer theory.

May 27

May 27 Agente Costura-Making Music Out of Making Clothes by Lisa Simpson

Afroditi Psarra

Virtual artist talk, and guest performance by Lisa Simpson on her performance persona Agente Costura and the intentions, ethics and ideas behind working with diy techniques, upcycled artifacts and secondhand garments

Apr 5

Apr 5 Body, Technology and Experience: Ways to Encounter the World With Ricardo O'Nascimento

Afroditi Psarra

Virtual artist talk by Ricardo O’Nascimento on his studio practice and his research on wearable haptics in the context of DXARTS 472 Mechatronic Art, Design and Fabrication II

Sep 16

Sep 16 Body Plotter by Alex Barr and Andres Flores

Guest User

A prototype that hacks the ancient language and tools of the architect to radicalize novelty, performance, and experimentation as a design process

Sep 16

Sep 16 Attitude Suit by Alex Barr

Guest User

An e-textile that explores how technology, sound, and movement can reimagine the body’s relationship to space and ‘A’rchitecture.

Sep 16

Sep 16 TONEr by Alex Barr

Guest User

A prototype that challenges the role of toxic masculinity through media archaeology and performance.

Jun 7

Jun 7 Hypnotica - Wearable Tech Fashion Show

Afroditi Psarra

On June 6th 2019, Isabel Nelson and several other students from the DXARTS 490 E-textiles and Wearables for Art and Design course, as well as other emerging designers from the University of Washington got together to produce Hypnotica, a wearable tech fashion show at the project space Hyena Culture in downtown Seattle, at the historic Pioneer Square district. The event was entirely self-organized and combined fashion, light art, sound and performance art and was presented through an exciting runway show that showcased the work of Taylor Hammes, Aashna Dev, Aarohi Bhaway, Atari Women, Esther Lin, Helen Mirabella, Grace Barar, Stevie Koepp, Kennedy Buriani, Rebby Montalvo, and of the main organizer Isabel Nelson.

Jun 6

Jun 6 DXARTS 490A: E-textiles & Wearables for Art & Design - Spring 2019

Afroditi Psarra

On June 2019, in the fourth edition of DXARTS 490A: E-textiles & Wearable studio class, students presented their final project prototypes through a pop-up exhibition at the DXARTS Fablab in Ballard.

Mar 2

Mar 2 Loop Pa Pow Project by Chanhee Choi

Chanee Choi

A 30-minute live interactive performance brings to life the video game. Five performers embody characters in the game. The player who activates the game summons the performers. Enlivened by the participation of the player, each performer celebrates its birth and marches out into the world. The rhythm of the performance is determined by how fast or slow the player taps the two controllers.

Dec 14

Dec 14 DXARTS 490B: E-textiles & Wearables for Art & Design - Autumn 2017

Afroditi Psarra

On December 2017, in the second edition of DXARTS 490B: E-textiles & Wearable studio class, students presented their final project prototypes through a pop-up exhibition at the DXARTS Fablab in Ballard.