hacking the body 2.0 presentation

Hacking the Body 2.0 &

Performance Wearables

Camille Baker, PhD

• smart fashion, conductive

textiles, wearable tech;

• mobile video art and

performance,

• video, electronic and

interactive installation

• networked/telematic &

participatory performance;

• responsive environments

design and interaction;

• curating digital, electronic,

interactive art and

performance media.

current research interests

online portfolio http://www.swampgirl67.net/still from PhD project MINDtouch 2011

http://www.swampgirl67.net/

SMARTlab PhD media art research 2006-2011:

MINDtouch mobile performance

–to uncover any new understandings of the

sensations of ‘liveness’ and ‘presence’ that may

emerge when using mobile technologies and

wearable devices in performance contexts–

still from MINDtouch 2010

MINDtouch: mobile devices as non-verbal expression

first video collection workshop in Vancouver June 2007

key points

Image from MINDtouch 2007 Dublin

MINDtouch: mobile devices as non-verbal

expression

MINDtouch: video collection workshops : 2007-2009

C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Dublin workshop October 2007

MINDtouch: video collection workshops : 2007-2009

C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop July 2007 and Dublin workshop October 2007

MINDtouch: still of mixes for broadcast 2010-2011

image of live participant video mixes: MINDtouch C.Baker 2009

MINDtouch: example event & user participation

Images from live events for MINDtouch C.Baker 2009-2010

ict-art-connect.eu

• ICT & Art Connect London West January 18 & 19th, 2014Watermans Art Centre(Brunel’s consultation & matchmaking)

FET-Art/ICT & Art Connect: EU Project 2013-14

ict-art-connect.eu

ICT & Art Connect London East: Ravernbourne, White Building & BookclubFebruary 22 & 23rd, 2014

(Brunel’s consultation & matchmaking)


http://www.ict-art-connect.eu/about/resources/ict-art-connect-london-eastcentral/

http://www.ict-art-connect.eu/about/resources/ict-art-connect-london-eastcentral/

ict-art-

connect.eu

Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the EC,

mentioned ICT & Art Connect as one of the

"great ideas" she witnessed at ICT 2013 for

the EU's ICT research and innovation

programme – Horizon 2020

http://t.co/KjZUTmxfnb

Robert Madelin, Director General of the

EC called for” artists and technologists to

help us make sense of/own our future”, as a

result of seeing ICT & Art Connect

presentations.

Brussels event participants’ showcase at

EC Parliament. Imperica’s article:

http://www.imperica.com/en/features/europe

an-futures-connecting-art-and-technology

Award for stand with most buzz at EU’s own event

ICT 2013 in Vilnius, November 6-8, 2013


http://t.co/KjZUTmxfnb

http://www.imperica.com/en/features/european-futures-connecting-art-and-technology

ict-art-connect.eu

Selected Residencies 19 in totalhttp://www.ict-art-connect.eu/residencies/


http://www.ict-art-connect.eu/residencies/

ict-art-connect.eu

• ICT & Art Connect Final Exhibition at Fo.Am Studios

Final Event: Brussels, May 11 & 12, 2014

ict-art-connect.eu

• ICT & Art Connect Final Presentation in European Parliament

Final Event: Brussels, May 11 & 12, 2014

TEDxBrighton 2014

Stitch, Bitch, Make/Perform, started

November 2014 with Melissa Coleman,

supported by Irini Papadimitriou, Director

of the V&A Digital Progammes.

The focus is on the current wearable

tech and etextile issues:

-How we can add more critical and

aesthetic voices to the wearable tech

discourse

-From art, design and performance focus

-To help shape future directions in

design & development

research activities 2014-15

publicity

Fashion and technology marketing interview on Stitch, Bitch, Make/

Perform and my practice, June 2015. http://interlaced.co/project/interview-

camille-baker/

http://interlaced.co/project/interview-camille-baker/

New Directions in Mobile Media Art and

Performance

S.A.R.A. is an interactive software app for mobile computing devices by Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogl http://benitezvogl.com/

http://benitezvogl.com/

Intersecting Art and Technology in

Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology

There must be something in the water Artists: Jeanette Angel, Hanss Lujan, Kenneth Newby and Aleksandra Dulic

Book chapter: Curating the Digital – eds.

David England, Thecla Schiphorst, Nick

Bryan-Kinns

based on CHI 2014 workshop on Human Computer Interaction and Art Curating

Book chapter: Digital Bodies – eds. Sara

Price and Susan Broadhurst

Graphic by Dave Palmer 2012

Hacking the Body - 1st Iteration

an ongoing collaboration

with dance artist

/choreographer Kate

Sicchio

Hacking the Body

…using data from the body –

using open source tools, with

biomedical with handmade soft

circuit electronic sensors, to

create new visual and interactive

activities for participants to

experience, engage, and play

with…

Images by Kate Sicchio 2011, Kasia Molga 2012 and Camille Baker 2010

…using their mobile media and gaming devices

(Xbox, Kinect, Wii).


“Hacking is in a dialogic form, not in

dialetic opposition. Not to operate

with its object as an opponent or foe,

but as a field of gravity. Not regarding

a system of belief as opium, but as a

path of liberation, using it as a

trampoline, as a line of flight and a

force of gravity” (von Busch and

Palmås, 2006:59).

Repurposes but

Recognises the original

Image by Camille Baker 2013

Hacking the Body - early wearable experiments

Handmade sensor experiments

http://vimeo.com/56206772 and in the dark http://vimeo.com/56206771

http://vimeo.com/56206772

http://vimeo.com/56206771

HTB workshops June 2013

ISEA 2013, Workshop, Sydney

Australia – June 9th, 2013

Tek* 2013, Workshop, Byron Bay,

Australia – June 15th, 2013

Creativity and Cognition 2013,

Workshop, Sydney Australia –

June 17th, 2013

Mini Maker Faire July 2013 & Makers Guild Sept 2013

Do.Make.Hack Festival workshops,

May 28-June 1st

May 2014 Science Museum workshops

- wearable technology and sensing

devices in dance and participatory

performance.

- novel uses of body data from

wearable sensing devices as

choreographic or performance

devising material and research.

- ethics of data collection and how

knowledge of it influences identity

and expression in performance.

- making bespoke sensors and

Smart Garments (wearable tech)

as research.

Hacking The Body 2.0

Hacking the Body 2.0 April 2015 residency

experiments

video by Daniel Emmons © April 2015 – Hacking 2.0with Kate Sicchio & CamilleBaker

https://vimeo.com/133353621

https://vimeo.com/133353621

Hacking the Body 2.0 new garment development

images by Tara Baoth Mooney and Becky Stewart © August 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 electronics development

prototypes by Becky Stewart & Tara Baoth Mooney © November 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 hacked garments

Feel Me

garments by OM Signal, hacked by Tara Baoth Mooney, images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 hacked garments Feel Me

garments by OM Signal, hacked by Tara Baoth Mooney, images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 rehearsals Sheffield Feel Me

images by Kate Sicchio and Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 rehearsals Sheffield Flutter

Stutter

images by Kate Sicchio and Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2

Hacking the Body 2.0 performances of Flutter Stutter

London Feb 16 and Sheffield Feb 18th


Hacking the Body 2.0 performances of Feel Me

London Feb 16 and Sheffield Feb 18th


Thank you & questions

hackingthebody.co.uk

hackingthebody.wordpress.com

camillebaker.me

swampgirl67.net

social

@hacking_body (instagram & twitter)