Kate Hartman - Inside the Social Body Lab


Kate Hartman, recipient of the 2013-2014 OCAD University Award for Excellence in Early Stage Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity will be presenting a talk titled "Inside the Social Body Lab."

 
DateWednesday, May 20, 2015 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Phone

416-977-6000 ext. 474

Cost

Free

Email

vly@ocadu.ca

Location

100 McCaul, Room 264

Kate Hartman, recipient of the 2013-2014 OCAD University Award for Excellence in Early Stage Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity and Associate Professor from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, will be presenting a talk titled "Inside the Social Body Lab."

What is it like to pursue design and technological prototyping activities within the research environment at OCAD University? In this presentation, Kate will discuss the first five years of the Social Body Lab — OCAD U’s lab dedicated to body-centric technologies in the social context. Topics will include an overview of the lab’s activities, an introduction to the team and how they work, and a deep-dive case study of the development of Monarch — a muscle-activated kinetic wearable. Finally, Kate will address where the lab sits in the current wearables landscape and introduce areas for future development.

Bio:
Kate Hartman is an artist, technologist, and educator whose work spans the fields of physical computing, wearable electronics, and conceptual art. She is the author of the recently published book "Make: Wearable Electronics". Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured by the New York Times, BBC, CBC, NPR, in books such as "Fashionable Technology" and "Art Science Now". She was a speaker at TED 2011 and her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Kate is the Associate Professor of Wearable and Mobile Technology in the Digital Futures program. There she founded and directs the Social Body Lab, a research and development team dedicated to exploring body-centric technologies in the social context. She is also the Un-Director of ITP Camp, a summer program for grownups at ITP/NYU in New York City. Kate enjoys bicycles, rock climbing, and someday hopes to work in Antarctica.

DateWednesday, May 20, 2015 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Phone

416-977-6000 ext. 474

Cost

Free

Email

vly@ocadu.ca

Website Location

100 McCaul, Room 264

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

Kate Hartman, recipient of the 2013-2014 OCAD University Award for Excellence in Early Stage Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity and Associate Professor from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, will be presenting a talk titled "Inside the Social Body Lab."

What is it like to pursue design and technological prototyping activities within the research environment at OCAD University? In this presentation, Kate will discuss the first five years of the Social Body Lab — OCAD U’s lab dedicated to body-centric technologies in the social context. Topics will include an overview of the lab’s activities, an introduction to the team and how they work, and a deep-dive case study of the development of Monarch — a muscle-activated kinetic wearable. Finally, Kate will address where the lab sits in the current wearables landscape and introduce areas for future development.

Bio:
Kate Hartman is an artist, technologist, and educator whose work spans the fields of physical computing, wearable electronics, and conceptual art. She is the author of the recently published book "Make: Wearable Electronics". Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured by the New York Times, BBC, CBC, NPR, in books such as "Fashionable Technology" and "Art Science Now". She was a speaker at TED 2011 and her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Kate is the Associate Professor of Wearable and Mobile Technology in the Digital Futures program. There she founded and directs the Social Body Lab, a research and development team dedicated to exploring body-centric technologies in the social context. She is also the Un-Director of ITP Camp, a summer program for grownups at ITP/NYU in New York City. Kate enjoys bicycles, rock climbing, and someday hopes to work in Antarctica.

Venue & Address: 
100 McCaul, Room 264
Email: 
vly@ocadu.ca
Phone: 
416-977-6000 ext. 474
Cost: 
Free
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