Figuratively speaking, when two surfaces, such as human skin and an object’s outsideness, deliberately interact - a third, collateral, and temporary surface is created. This work presents an artistic framing of tactility as a third surface: a tactile co-memory generated through tactile interactions in a Co-creative Practice between humans and nonhumans. In this practice, human and nonhuman tactility is documented through drawings and imprints, ultimately translated into haptic expressions. Understated Haptics demonstrates an artistic intersection where haptic artifacts and more-than-human prospects are critically considered in anticipated creative processes.
This work has been published as part of the ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers and was recently presented at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Conference, which took place in Tokyo, Japan (December 3–6). For more details, please visit the following links:
The "Understated Haptics" showcase, featured in the group exhibition "Encounters" at Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku, Tokyo [May 24–26, 2024], preceded and contributed to the research work in question. The exhibition was organized by the Embodied Media Project at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design.
https://www.kmd.keio.ac.jp/news/2024/05/encounters-2024.html
https://www.kmd.keio.ac.jp/news/2024/05/encounters-2024.html
