Hacking the Body 2.0 &
Performance Wearables
Camille Baker, PhD
• smart fashion, conductive
textiles, wearable tech;
• mobile video art and
performance,
• video, electronic and
interactive installation
• networked/telematic &
participatory performance;
• responsive environments
design and interaction;
• curating digital, electronic,
interactive art and
performance media.
current research interests
online portfolio http://www.swampgirl67.net/still from PhD project MINDtouch 2011
SMARTlab PhD media art research 2006-2011:
MINDtouch mobile performance
–to uncover any new understandings of the
sensations of ‘liveness’ and ‘presence’ that may
emerge when using mobile technologies and
wearable devices in performance contexts–
still from MINDtouch 2010
MINDtouch: mobile devices as non-verbal expression
first video collection workshop in Vancouver June 2007
key points
Image from MINDtouch 2007 Dublin
MINDtouch: mobile devices as non-verbal
expression
MINDtouch: video collection workshops : 2007-2009
C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Dublin workshop October 2007
MINDtouch: video collection workshops : 2007-2009
C. Baker - stills from participants’ videos from Vancouver workshop July 2007 and Dublin workshop October 2007
figure © 2009 C. Baker
MINDtouch: still of mixes for broadcast 2010-2011
image of live participant video mixes: MINDtouch C.Baker 2009
MINDtouch: example event & user participation
Images from live events for MINDtouch C.Baker 2009-2010
ict-art-connect.eu
• ICT & Art Connect London West January 18 & 19th, 2014Watermans Art Centre(Brunel’s consultation & matchmaking)
FET-Art/ICT & Art Connect: EU Project 2013-14
ict-art-connect.eu
ICT & Art Connect London East: Ravernbourne, White Building & BookclubFebruary 22 & 23rd, 2014
(Brunel’s consultation & matchmaking)
FET-Art/ICT & Art Connect: EU Project 2013-14
ict-art-
connect.eu
Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the EC,
mentioned ICT & Art Connect as one of the
"great ideas" she witnessed at ICT 2013 for
the EU's ICT research and innovation
programme – Horizon 2020
http://t.co/KjZUTmxfnb
Robert Madelin, Director General of the
EC called for” artists and technologists to
help us make sense of/own our future”, as a
result of seeing ICT & Art Connect
presentations.
Brussels event participants’ showcase at
EC Parliament. Imperica’s article:
http://www.imperica.com/en/features/europe
an-futures-connecting-art-and-technology
Award for stand with most buzz at EU’s own event
ICT 2013 in Vilnius, November 6-8, 2013
FET-Art/ICT & Art Connect: EU Project 2013-14
ict-art-connect.eu
Selected Residencies 19 in totalhttp://www.ict-art-connect.eu/residencies/
FET-Art/ICT & Art Connect: EU Project 2013-14
ict-art-connect.eu
• ICT & Art Connect Final Exhibition at Fo.Am Studios
Final Event: Brussels, May 11 & 12, 2014
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• ICT & Art Connect Final Presentation in European Parliament
Final Event: Brussels, May 11 & 12, 2014
TEDxBrighton 2014
Stitch, Bitch, Make/Perform, started
November 2014 with Melissa Coleman,
supported by Irini Papadimitriou, Director
of the V&A Digital Progammes.
The focus is on the current wearable
tech and etextile issues:
-How we can add more critical and
aesthetic voices to the wearable tech
discourse
-From art, design and performance focus
-To help shape future directions in
design & development
research activities 2014-15
publicity
Fashion and technology marketing interview on Stitch, Bitch, Make/
Perform and my practice, June 2015. http://interlaced.co/project/interview-
camille-baker/
New Directions in Mobile Media Art and
Performance
S.A.R.A. is an interactive software app for mobile computing devices by Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogl http://benitezvogl.com/
Intersecting Art and Technology in
Practice: Techne/Technique/Technology
There must be something in the water Artists: Jeanette Angel, Hanss Lujan, Kenneth Newby and Aleksandra Dulic
Book chapter: Curating the Digital – eds.
David England, Thecla Schiphorst, Nick
Bryan-Kinns
based on CHI 2014 workshop on Human Computer Interaction and Art Curating
Book chapter: Digital Bodies – eds. Sara
Price and Susan Broadhurst
Graphic by Dave Palmer 2012
Hacking the Body - 1st Iteration
an ongoing collaboration
with dance artist
/choreographer Kate
Sicchio
Hacking the Body
…using data from the body –
using open source tools, with
biomedical with handmade soft
circuit electronic sensors, to
create new visual and interactive
activities for participants to
experience, engage, and play
with…
Images by Kate Sicchio 2011, Kasia Molga 2012 and Camille Baker 2010
…using their mobile media and gaming devices
(Xbox, Kinect, Wii).
Graphic by Dave Palmer 2012
“Hacking is in a dialogic form, not in
dialetic opposition. Not to operate
with its object as an opponent or foe,
but as a field of gravity. Not regarding
a system of belief as opium, but as a
path of liberation, using it as a
trampoline, as a line of flight and a
force of gravity” (von Busch and
Palmås, 2006:59).
Repurposes but
Recognises the original
Graphic by Dave Palmer 2012
Image by Camille Baker 2013
Hacking the Body - early wearable experiments
Handmade sensor experiments
http://vimeo.com/56206772 and in the dark http://vimeo.com/56206771
HTB workshops June 2013
ISEA 2013, Workshop, Sydney
Australia – June 9th, 2013
Tek* 2013, Workshop, Byron Bay,
Australia – June 15th, 2013
Creativity and Cognition 2013,
Workshop, Sydney Australia –
June 17th, 2013
Mini Maker Faire July 2013 & Makers Guild Sept 2013
Do.Make.Hack Festival workshops,
May 28-June 1st
May 2014 Science Museum workshops
- wearable technology and sensing
devices in dance and participatory
performance.
- novel uses of body data from
wearable sensing devices as
choreographic or performance
devising material and research.
- ethics of data collection and how
knowledge of it influences identity
and expression in performance.
- making bespoke sensors and
Smart Garments (wearable tech)
as research.
Hacking The Body 2.0
Hacking the Body 2.0 April 2015 residency
experiments
video by Daniel Emmons © April 2015 – Hacking 2.0with Kate Sicchio & CamilleBaker
Hacking the Body 2.0 new garment development
images by Tara Baoth Mooney and Becky Stewart © August 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 new garment development
sketch and prototype by Tara Baoth Mooney © November 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 electronics development
prototypes by Becky Stewart & Tara Baoth Mooney © November 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 electronics development
prototypes by Becky Stewart © November 2015 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 new garment development
sketch and prototype by Tara Baoth Mooney & Becky Stewart © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 new garment development
image and garment by Tara Baoth Mooney © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 electronics development
image and garment by Tara Baoth Mooney © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 final garments Flutter Stutter
images by Kate Sicchio © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 hacked garments
Feel Me
garments by OM Signal, hacked by Tara Baoth Mooney, images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 hacked garments Feel Me
garments by OM Signal, hacked by Tara Baoth Mooney, images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 rehearsals Sheffield Feel Me
images by Kate Sicchio and Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 rehearsals Sheffield Flutter
Stutter
images by Kate Sicchio and Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 rehearsals Sheffield
images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 performances of Flutter Stutter
London Feb 16 and Sheffield Feb 18th
images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Hacking the Body 2.0 performances of Feel Me
London Feb 16 and Sheffield Feb 18th
images by Camille Baker © February 2016 – Hacking 2.0 part 2
Thank you & questions
hackingthebody.co.uk
hackingthebody.wordpress.com
camillebaker.me
swampgirl67.net
social
@hacking_body (instagram & twitter)