What would it mean to put vibration and touch at the center of a music?

[Haptic Translation of Music] [2023] [CHI Conference]

 I was lucky enough to co-design haptic technologies for several video pieces in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's (SAAM) exhibition Musical Thinking, in collaboration with the wonderful folks at Gallaudet's Motion Light Lab. We designed a vibrating dance floor and various haptic seating, for which I created bespoke haptic translations of the audio in the video pieces. It was a TON of fun!

Learn more about the project in this Forbes article and on the  Smithsonian YouTube Video

Haptics x Metro Deaf School

[Haptic Instrument Design] [2023] [Paper is on the way!]

What should devices used to create and experience vibration-based art (haptic instruments) look and feel like? In collaboration with a group of 24 awesome students at the Minneapolis Metro Deaf School and researchers at the Playful Learning Lab, we tried to find out!

On-Going Work:

Haptic Instrument 

[Forthcoming Device for Joy]

Working with a large, eclectic, and incredibly exciting group of folks to design and fabricate stand-alone instruments that can be used to create and experience haptic/vibration art.

Haptic Art Festivals

[Forthcoming Event]

Be on the lookout for some haptic art workshops happening in March 2024 and mini-festivals in June 2024 on both the west coast and east coast!