- ARCHIVE / Wearable
- mouse assisted interplay
Inspired by The Mouse Fanciers, an existing subculture that breeds and shows prize winning rodents, this piece draws on current dating trends existing today such as internet dating or speed dating. Mouse Assisted Interplay imagines a dating service where individuals meet and interact via their pet mouse, drawing on similar situations that currently exist amongst [...]
- intimacy patches
“Intimacy Patches” are personal devices that monitor various vital signs during sexual activity. A graphical representation of these signals is then displayed on a voyeur’s mobile phone. The patch wearer selects whether to transmit these signals to a particular individual or to the public realm via the Internet. This project can also be used in [...]
- gps chastity belt
approx. 30cm x 25cm x 15cm kevlar, sterling silver, crystal beads, solenoid, global positioning device, and Number Six circuit board (unique to Chris Csikszentmihályi’s group, Computing Culture — MIT Media Lab) The GPS Chastity Belt is a concept piece that looks at the physical and sexual abuse of women in today’s society. Throughout history, women [...]
- tug n’ talk
Tug n’ Talk is a collaborative piece between Matthew Adcock, Raul-David V. Poblano, Matthew Boch, Drew Harry and myself. It was our final project for Hiroshi Ishii’s Tangible Interfaces class. Tug n’ Talk is a prototype of a tuggable communication device, allowing for long and short distance familiar communication between two individuals using “tugging” as [...]
- mosquito project
The Mosquito Project was a collaborative project created at the XS Labs in Montreal. The piece is an electronic artifact that is fabricated of sterling silver. It reacts to other “bugs” and to peoples’ interactions. Communication with the other bugs is made possible through RF. A fabric substrate was created to allow for recharging, which [...]
- cybersamantha
Cybersamantha is a body of work that analyzes the life of a cyborg through past experiences and future projections. This project icludes a “manifesta” aswell as three pieces of body ornamentation to represent the different phases of Cybersamantha’s life. These pieces were created using detailed traditional processes of fabrication. Of the three artifacts, two were [...]
- josephine
“The vivacious Josephine Baker was flopping her bananas like cow tails in flying time.” Josephine: The Hungry Heart. 135 The Josephine Baker costume was a piece that I created for Northbound Leather’s annual “Peepshow” fetish fashion show. The costume was created using diverse materials and processes Special thanks to Lara McQuay, Helen Kong and Myles [...]