topological media lab

1
topological media lab

• sha xin wei, ph.d.
• associate professor, computer science and fine
  arts
• concordia university
• http//topologicalmedia.concordia.ca

2
Research Themes

• Study gesture and materials from
  phenomenological, social and computational
  perspectives.
• Invent responsive media and expressive
  instruments that support novel technologies of
  performance and the architecture of hybrid media
  spaces.

3
Technical Domains

• Calligraphic video
• Gestural sound instruments
• Softwear, body and fabric-based
• Media choreography
• Wireless sensing, ubiquitous computing
• Gesture tracking, mapping
• Responsive media spaces

4
tgarden spaces
5
calligraphic video

• fire, smoke / Yoichiro Serita et al.

6
gestural sound ubicomp 2003
7
Softwear play and epiphanyJill Fantauzza,
Matthew Warne, TinyOS team