May 22nd, 2010
[ new release of a book, 'Metamorphosis' & two projects in it ]
Two of the past wearable projects, ‘HearWear‘ & ‘Stir It On!‘ are featured in the newly released book ‘Metamorphosis’ by Stoffel Kuenen and Elisabetta Cianfanelli, from the University of Florence, Department of Industrial Design and Fashion Design. At fashioningtech.com, there is an article about this book’s release. From the article, this book deals with a very interesting subject in fashion & technology. I will soon get a copy of this book and I’m excited to finding out what’s inside!
Here is where you can purchase ‘Metamorphosis’ >>>
Metamorphosis is in both Itlalian and English.
March 29th, 2010
[ Interview at Fashioning Technology ]
Younghui had an interview regarding her recent project, ‘Body Graffiti v.1.0′ with Syuzi from fashioningtech.com last month. Below are excerpt from the article, “Body Graffiti — A Kinetic Display Created Through Dance & Movement”
When did you become interested in performance wearables?
My first wearable project was a costume (a future media jacket) for a performance, ‘AfroFuturistic’ at The Kitchen, New York, 2003. I could say that I’ve always been interested in performance wearables from the moment I started to create fashion items integrated with technology.
Dancers, more particularly modern & experimental dancers, have been early adopters of wearable technology. What do you see as the attraction for dancers to integrate wearable technology into their costumes and performance?
I find that wearable itself can be an expressive media platform. At the same time, worn by a performer during performance, it elevates expressibility of body language as creating a stronger media platform combining two forms of media that have been so close to art and technology – wearable and performance. I’m sure modern & experimental dancers are attracted to wearable technology for the same reason that I am attracted to as one of wearable technology artists.
Filed under: Press Releases, Stir It On! | Tags: article, Donga Science, interview, Korea
I had an interview with a reporter from one of the leading newspaper company, Donga. It was first interview in Korean so it was a bit strange. She found about me from the Leonardo Journal article and google searched my office number at the university. I wasn’t sure if she was going to publish the interview but, I guess she did wrote an interview article in May 2009. The reporter kindly phoned me about the WCU grant my team got but, she must have forgotten to give me a notice about it being published. Several months passed after May and I just recently found out about the article at the Donga Science Paper. My cousin found it in the internet.
Sorry, it’s in Korean and the title is a bit too aggressive in my taste. Also, it has translated NYU wrongly – it probably doesn’t matter here in Korea but, most of the contents of articles – I remember saying that.
