Filed under: artists in review | Tags: art, becky stern, body technology interfaces, knit, stern lab, sternlab, technology
Becky Stern
Make Magazine blog writer Becky Stern of Sternlab.org has spent the past year knitting a humorous series of Body Technology Interfaces that spotlight our engrossment in modern technology. Unlike knitwear, which is designed to move with the body, Stern’s wares emphasize the lack of motion involved with technological interfacing, and are instead intended to provide comfort, warmth, and privacy in public settings. Her hope is to bring critical awareness to our absorption in personal electronic devices, and ways they mentally and physically dominate our everyday behaviors and public activities.
To encourage personal communication, Stern invites participants to design and sketch their own Body Technology Interface with her. These designs are then packaged as a kit containing parts and assembly instructions. She asks that participants photograph and document their thoughts and experiences using these creations to Becky@sternlab.org for the project website.
Laptop Compubody Sock for privacy, warmth, and concentration in public spaces
Cell Phone Ski Mask
Keyboard Interface for Computer Programming
More images are available on Flickr™.
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