MEET 2024 HYBRID BODY LAB ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Viviane Lee & Ikaro Cavalcante

We are excited to announce that the Brazil-based artist duo, Viviane Lee (Cyshimi) and Ikaro Cavalcante, have been selected as the 2024 Hybrid Body Lab Artists-in-Residence. This year, we received an impressive pool of applications, making the selection process highly competitive. After a rigorous review and interview process with four exceptional finalists, we were particularly struck by Viviane’s unconventional nail art and Ikaro's multifaceted exploration through tattoo art and 3D work.

We are thrilled to welcome Viviane and Ikaro to the Hybrid Body Lab community. Stay tuned for updates on upcoming artist talks, workshops, and more as we embark on this exciting journey together.

Viviane Lee (Cyshimi)

http://www.cyshimi.com/

Cyshimi, a Brazilian artist in São Paulo, explores ancestry, identity, and beauty through nail art, challenging norms with "Performative Sculptures." Their work symbolizes resistance and empowerment, weaving narratives through shapes, colors and textures.

Ikaro Cavalcante (occulted)

http://www.occulted.online/

Ikaro Cavalcante (occulted), a Brazilian non-binary artist, explores identity, spirituality, nature, and technology through tattoo art, graphic design, and 3D work. Their art invites us into a liberated universe of personal subjectivities.

HYBRID BODY LAB ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2024 FINALIST

Lauren Hooks

https://www.instagram.com/TigerHooks/

Lauren is an experienced hair artist from Atlanta with a lifetime of passion. She began her career at Van Michael Salon as a precision haircutter where her versatility and creative approach soon led to opportunities outside the salon. As a freelance professional, she has seamlessly integrated into Atlanta’s creative community as well as the film industry where she enhances on-screen storytelling with her work. Lauren’s focus on braiding brings technical skill and artistic flair to the local landscape.

Merve Akdogan

https://merve.work/

Merve Akdogan is an interdisciplinary designer, architect, and artist in digital media and tattooing, whose work amalgamates machine learning, AI, immersive art, data science, and computational art. They are interested in errors, computational glitches, uncertainties, unknowns, and the speculative power of computational making and designing. They are also keen on using old devices and mechanisms, hacking hegemonic technology infrastructures, circuit-bending, and randomization. They also run a private tattoo practice where these interests gain a tactile experience with unique designs and applications.

Olivia C. Tonin

https://www.instagram.com/hotnails666420/

I am a nail technician and interdisciplinary artist from and currently living in Montreal, Quebec. I have a BA in sociocultural anthropology from Binghamton University with a focus in museum studies and worked within the museum world in both Canada and the US for almost 10 years before going back to school for esthetics in 2019. I am currently working as a certified nail technician in a salon space as well as producing custom ready to wear nail sets for performances and photo shoots from my home studio.

ORGANIZERS

Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Director, Hybrid Body Lab

Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design, Cornell University

Jingwen Zhu

PhD Candidate, Hybrid Body Lab

Human Centered Design, Cornell University

SELECTION COMMITTEE / BOARD OF ADVISORS

The selection committee and organizers will work together to determine the finalists. The organizers will ultimately select the chosen resident.

Jaleesa Reed, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Human Centered Design, Cornell University

Dr. Jaleesa Reed is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design. Her primary research interest is in millennial Black women’s beauty culture and beauty retail spaces. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on connecting human geography, feminist studies, and merchandising in the fashion, apparel, and textile industries.

Sarah Gotowka
Artist
Owner & Directer, Luna Fiber Studio

Sarah Gotowka is a practicing textile artist and instructor. She has been weaving since 2005, and has been growing natural dyes since 2010. She received her BFA in Fibers and Material Studies from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2007, and her MFA in Fibers and Material Practices from Concordia University in Montreal in 2013. Since moving to the Ithaca area she has taught at SUNY Cortland, Cornell University, Ithaca College, The Johnson Museum of Art, Wells College, and New Roots Charter School.

Oksana Ani
Sr. Designer for Advanced Knit, Nike Inc.
Interdisciplinary Designer, Thinker, Explorer

Oksana Ani is an experienced Designer, Thinker, Explorer and visual communicator who excels in cross-functional collaborations. Oksana leads innovation platforms that focus on impactful and sustainable product that is empowered by storytelling. She holds a Master's degree focused in Fashion Design from Royal College of Art and Innovation from MIT Media Lab. She is currently a Sr. Designer for Advanced Knit at Nike Inc.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This residency is funded by the National Science Foundation and a Cornell University College of Human Ecology Engaged Research Grant.

We are grateful to Laura Devendorf, Leah Buechley, and Jennifer Jacobs for their earlier work in Experimental Weaving and Clay Residencies which inspired this endeavor!

Prof Kao Keynote at Wearables Collective Symposium 2024

Prof Kao delivered a keynote on Hybrid Body Lab’s research at the Wearables Collective Symposium 2024 in UC Davis.

WEARABLES COLLECTIVE 2024: WEAVING INNOVATION INTO STAGES OF LIFE

WEARABLES COLLECTIVE is a two-day symposium focused on e-textiles, smart clothing and other forms of wearable technology applications for health and wellbeing, organized by University of California-Davis in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London.

The symposium aims for deep exploration and cross disciplinary discussion in wearables of all forms, smart material explorations and tangible human computer/robot interfaces for physical and mental health and wellbeing in all stages of life from infancy to older age, to sleep-work-leisure cycles as well as healthy versus unwell phases in life.

https://wearablescollective.ucdavis.edu/conference-program

ECE MEng Poster Award

congrats to Sarah Ellenborgen on winning the Cornell ECE MEng Poster Award!

Hybrid Body Lab at UIST'2023

Two papers at UIST 2023 in San Francisco!

UIST 2023

BioWeave: Weaving Thread-Based Sweat-Sensing On-Skin Interfaces

Jingwen Zhu, Nadine El Nesr, Christina Simon, Nola Rettenmaier, Kaitlyn Beiler, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Proceedings of The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

UIST 2023

Skinergy: Machine-Embroidered Silicone-Textile Composites as On-Skin Self-Powered Input Sensors

Tianhong Catherine Yu, Nancy Wang*, Sarah Ellenbogen*, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao ((*equal contribution)

Proceedings of The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

Hybrid Body Lab at Ubicomp/ISWC 2023

Ping Sun presented SkinLink at Ubicomp!

SkinLink: On-body Construction and Prototyping of Reconfigurable Epidermal Interfaces

Pin-Sung Ku, Kunpeng Huang, Nancy Wang, Boaz Ng, Alicia Chu, and Hsin-Liu Cindy Kao

Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) June 2023

PDF I DOI | Project Page

🥇 ISWC Design Exhibition Award - Aesthetic Category

Congratulations to 2022 Artist-in-Residence, Morgan Chen, on receiving the ISWC DX Award in the Aesthetics category!

Social Prosthesis: Social Interaction Through 3D Dynamic Makeup

Morgan Chen, Jingwen Zhu, Cindy Hsin-Lin Kao

ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) 2023

PDF | DOI | Project Page

Hybrid Body Lab at IROS 2023

Robotic Barrier Construction through Weaved, Inflatable Tubes
Heather Jin Hee Kim*, Haron Abdel-Raziq*, Xinyu Liu, Alexandra Young Siskovic, Shreyas Patil, Kirstin H. Petersen, and Hsin-Liu (Cindy) Kao
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023)

PDF | Project Page

EECS Rising Stars

Congrats to Heather Kim on being selected for the 2023 EECS Rising Stars workshop!!

https://eecsrisingstars2023.cc.gatech.edu/participants/Heather%20Jin%20Hee_Kim/

Congrats Heather!