Human-Computer Interaction Institute Talk @ CMU

On February 2nd, 2024, I gave a talk titled “Craft, Culture + Computing” at CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII) Seminar Series. The HCI Institute’s Seminar Series has been a Carnegie Mellon University tradition for more than 25 years. The lecture was paired with a weekend workshop titled, “Tradigital Wire-Bending: Conversations Between Craft Practices and Machines,” where participants designed and built large-scale light sculptures by employing different approaches to the craft of wire-bending specific to the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Participants learned traditional techniques in wire-bending and explored computational and digital methods of reconfiguration of the craft.