[Thu. April 17.] Architectural Informatics Guest Lecture 18: E.Baseta, M.Palma, C.Marantos
Trans-bodied Knowledge – Augmenting spatial perception through haptic wearables
Efilena Baseta and Marco Palma, Christos Marantos
Date and time: April 17 (Thursday), 2025 17:30~19:30
Venue: HASEKO KUMA HALL, Faculty of Engineering Building 11 map
Host: Yasushi Ikeda Architectural Informatics Lab.
Supported by: Art Center, The University of Tokyo
Architects and computational designers Efilena Baseta and Marco Palma, with pianist and composer Christos Marantos present the developments of the ongoing artistic research project Trans-bodied Knowledge – Augmenting spatial perception through haptic wearables.
Nowadays, the plethora of information channelled by digital communication tools mainly targets our sense of vision, weakening our perception of space. This artistic research project focuses on triggering the other senses (e.g. movement, sound and orientation) to generate knowledge through our body. The medium of choice to achieve that, are computationally fabricated haptic wearables, which act as playful, sensorial instruments. These wearables will be used to raise awareness about the impacts of digital technology within: a) architectural education, through artistic teaching methods; b) society, through multimodal performances that combine analog and digital workflows and media. The interdisciplinary team (architects, engineers, artists) aims at critically promoting the physical nature of digital technology, which can ultimately bring people closer to themselves and their environment.
Trans-bodied Knowledge is an artistic research project hosted at the Research Unit of Three-Dimensional Design and Model Making – Institute of Art and Design – Vienna University of Technology and has received funding by the Austrian Science Fund.
Admission free, no reservation required. Lecture will be in English. Please contact the following address if you would like to watch the seminar online. Contact: Architectural Informatics Lab. arastoo@arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
