Hybrid Ecologies: Disobedient Objects, Unexpected Landscapes, And Human Wonderment

Eric Paulos, University of California, Berkeley

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

This talk will present and critique a new body of evolving collaborative work at the intersection of art, computer science, and design research. It will present an argument for hybrid materials, methods, and artifacts as strategic tools for insight and innovation within computing culture. The narrative will present specific new work across three primary themes: (1) the New Making Renaissance, (2) Participation, Activism, and Micro-Volunteerism, (3) Neo-Wearables inducing Epidermis and Cosmetic Computing, and (4) Bio-Electric Hybrids. Finally, it will present and question emerging materials and strategies from the perspective of engineering, design, and new media