Test_Lab: Intimate Interfaces: BareConductive

More info: http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-intimate-interfaces/

This edition of Test_Lab presented the outcome of these artistic ventures into technology-mediated bodily intimacy. In demonstrating their works, artists and designers have shown and tested their radical reconsiderations of the ways in which body, material, and technology together shape our intimate lives. Exemplified in demonstrations of the innovative Bare Skin Safe Conductive Ink, Karen Lancel and Hermen Maat's Tele_Trust data veil, and a preview of Studio Roosegaarde's project Intimacy, the topic was further elaborated upon by 'body architect' and artist Lucy McRae, and philosopher and media theorist Franco Berardi. As it is custom to Test_Lab, the audience was invited to try out the presented works. Can these explorations lead to truly intimate interfaces?

BareConductive was Found by Isabel Lizardi, Roger Ashby, Matt Johnson, Rafat Malik, Bibi Nelson and Becky Pilditch, BareConductive LTD developed and currently produces the Bare Skin Safe Conductive Ink.

Bare is a non-toxic conductive ink, which allows the application of circuitry directly onto the body. This material allows users to interact with electronics through gesture, movement, and touch.

Application areas include dance, music, computer interfaces, communication and medical devices.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• test
• lab
• intimate
• interfaces
• bareconductive
• new
• media
• V2_
• art