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.

All tagged embodiment

Feb 20

Feb 20 Moon Tapestry by Althea Rao

Althea Rao

Moon Tapestry is a speculative vision of a FemTech; a 28-day calendar that one can use to produce and document their daily Basal Body Temperature

Feb 15

Feb 15 Soft Data and Common Wares by Afroditi Psarra and Audrey Desjardins

Afroditi Psarra

An interdisciplinary collaboration between the DXARTS Softlab and Studio Tilt (interaction design research studio run by Audrey Desjardins in Design), that manifests in the form of a print and web publication probing the connections of working with data-driven approaches and crafting physical artifacts

Jul 22

Jul 22 Born to Unwilling Parents by Althea Rao

Althea Rao

*Born to Unwilling Parents: A Weighty Exercise* reflects my ongoing interests in human reproduction and parenthood, situated at a time in the US where individual bodies and human lives are subjected to increasingly banal politicization and objectification.

Mar 17

Mar 17 River by Grace Barar

Grace Barar

An e-textile piece exploring environmental racism along the LA river

Nov 20

Nov 20 Voices + Voids: website launch, moderated discussion and online performance organized by the Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Afroditi Psarra

Responding to current concerns about the ubiquity of voice assistants, this artistic research by Afroditi Psarra, Audrey Desjardins, and Bonnie Whiting, focuses on building a series of performative artifacts that aim to challenge AI and ML technologies, and to examine automation through the prism of “ghost work” that constantly support these systems.

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.