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Re:Making Sense (2021)

Research Group: Situated Art and Design

The “Re:Making SENSE” series was created in 2021 as a platform to bring together researchers, artists, designers, and practitioners working within the field of sensory augmentation. This event fostered interdisciplinary dialogue to explore the philosophical, ethical, creative, scientific, and technological aspects of augmenting human sensory and perceptual abilities. The discussions aimed to broaden understanding and fuel innovation by engaging multiple perspectives on sensory enhancement.

 

Event Focus:

Session #1: Challenges and Opportunities for Sensory Augmentation

The inaugural session of “Re:Making SENSE” set out to assess the current state of sensory augmentation. It delved into key questions regarding obstacles to widespread adoption of sensory enhancement technologies, advances in understanding human perception, and the social and conceptual challenges shaping this emerging field.

 

Featured Speakers:

  1. Marianna Obrist – Professor of Multisensory Interfaces at UCLarrow
    Marianna’s research focuses on integrating touch, taste, and smell within human-computer interaction, applying these insights to areas including virtual reality, automotive design, and healthcare.
  2. Scott Novich, Ph.D. – CTO & Co-founder, Neosensoryarrow
    Scott emphasized non-invasive sensory augmentation through touch and highlighted the potential of low-power, scalable systems tailored to human sensory receptors.
  3. Liviu Babitz – CEO & Co-founder, CyborgNestarrow
    Liviu discussed “Plug n Be” devices, sharing his perspectives on the prolonged process the brain undergoes in adapting to new sensory inputs, likening it to the sensory learning journey of infants.
  4. Madeline Schwartzman – Artist, Author, Educatorarrow
    Madeline’s work was presented as an exploration of perception-altering art and technology, tracing developments in human sensorium from the 1960s onwards.

Series Goals

The “Re:Making SENSE” series aimed to foster ongoing engagement and exchange among professionals in the sensory augmentation community. This session was the first in a series designed to stimulate collaborative dialogue across disciplines and encourage new inquiries into the future possibilities of sensory enhancement technologies.

‘Investigating the potential of sensory augmentation to bridge the sensory gap between deaf and hearing.’

Michel Witter, with a foundation in computer science and digital art, integrates technology and art in education. As a tutor since 2002 at Communication & Multimedia Design program of Avans, he specializes in information design and accessibility. Currently, Michel is researching sensory augmentation for his PhD.

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Research Group: Situated Art and Design

Living in cities developed around data and acting within the inscrutable structure of our techno-society demands art and design that can help understand how we relate to these rapidly changing surroundings and to reflect on that relationship. The research group Situated Art and Design responds to this exigency by fostering a situated turn in art and design through a diverse portfolio of interdisciplinary research projects in partnership with academic and cultural partners, as well as with government and industry.

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