Tag Archives: threads

StoryQuilt

2010. Software (written with Processing) and Installation (3.5’ square white quilt, small table & stool, thread and thread rack, pins and pin cushion, acrylic 2D sewing machine, microphone and projector). “Tell me a story, and I will make you a quilt.” Participants are invited to sit at the StoryQuilter and tell it a story. Once [...]

Feminizing Technology

2004. Installation (Handmade Paper, Sewn Fabric, 3 Sewing Machine Pedals, Micro-controller, Speakers, Projector) “Feminizing Technology” is an exploration of the antithetical pairing of technology (labeled masculine) and domesticity (labeled feminine). Sewing, embroidery and needlework are common signifiers in feminist art, as well as signifiers of my own matrilineage. My grandmother sews, knits, embroiders, etc. and [...]

Scribe

2006. Hand woven Cloth, Video & Animation. In collaboration with Matthew Frieburghaus. Scribe is the result of a creative experiment exploring the relationships between texture, movement and sound. Could seemingly disparate sounds, textures and images become unified? We discovered that with a moderate level of consistency between specific movements and sounds, and between particular images [...]

Childhood Truths

2004. Installation (8′ x 8′ Baby Blanket with Interactive Toys, Micro-controller, Speakers) “Childhood Truths” is a reactive environment that challenges adults to relocate themselves to the “baby blanket” (proportional to an adult) on the floor. The blanket consists of four baby toys that flip, open, close and move. That movement triggers a sensor in the [...]