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 media performance

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 23

Apr 23 Crafting Sound Concert and Panel at SEAMUS 2021

Afroditi Psarra

Online event curated and moderated by Abby Aresty and Rachel Gibson at SEAMUS 2021 (Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States), with the participation of Patricia Cadavid, Jess Rowland, Sam Topley, Asha Tamirisa and Afroditi Psarra

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.

Aug 20

Aug 20 Wearable Synthesizer: Modifying open source code with the use of E-textiles by William Perry

Guest User

This wearable synth was inspired by the complexity of human emotions in conjunction with the comfort of human touch. Housed in a weighted sweater, the user experiences a subtle pressure on their shoulders, while the instrument is being played. Mimicking the feeling of being hugged, the user can squeeze the arms of the sweater, actuating the pressure sensors, intern synthesizing tones.