DXARTS SoftLab

wearable hand interface with embedded pulse sensor

The DXARTS SoftLab is a studio and an online platform whose mission is to examine the role of workmanship in artistic research, to redefine the use of crafting in the post-digital era, and to explore the body as an interface of control and resistance. It is part of the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Oct 28

Oct 28 Soft Data and Commons Wares Residency: An Archive of Witch Fever by Xiaowei Wang

Xiaowei Wang

A research project speculating about climate crisis, labor, and transpacific migration through a soft embodied archive

Nov 16

Nov 16 CyberCraft: Re-imagening Technology As a Gendered and Embodied Practice - Fabricademy recitation by Afroditi Psarra

Afroditi Psarra

Artist talk at Fabricademy 2020-21 on current e-textiles research, cyberfeminist experiments, and the idea of embodiment through hacking technical artifacts.

Apr 8

Apr 8 Design Trouble symposium

Afroditi Psarra

A symposium organized by Sareeta Amrute, Audrey Desjardins, Afroditi Psarra, Daniela Rosner and Phillip Thurtle with keynote talks, round tables, workshops and performances by Morehshin Allahyari, Trinh Mai, Sarah Zewde, Nais Dave, Kalani Young, Azzurra Cox, Gabriel Dattatreyan, Nia Easley, Giulia Tomasello, Juno Parrenas, Doenja Oogies, Nisi Shawl and Constanza Piña.