Mika Satomi, a designer and an artist working in the field of e-Textiles, Interaction Design and Physical Computing is partaking an artist-in-residence program during June, 2024 in Radiona.org.

Mika Satomi, who previously made a synthesis system using AI (Machine Learning) that let a performer wearing a sensor suit to generate sound will, in addition to that, during the residence expand this idea to an instrument (probably with e-textile, soft surface, not wearable) which non-performer audience can play and explore. This will be an attempt to experience the decision boarder of machine learning model in tangible way.

Photo: Mika Satomi (cc)

Reference projects: https://www.nerding.at/embodied-voice/
https://www.nerding.at/costume-for-dancing-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

BIO:
Mika Satomi is a designer and an artist working in the field of e-Textiles, Interaction Design and Physical Computing. Her work explores how we relate with technology and what we really want in them.  She often collaborates with musicians and performers creating technology embedded costumes and interactive systems.

Since 2006 Mika has collaborated with Hannah Perner-Wilson, forming the art collective duo KOBAKANT creating artistic projects in the field of e-Textiles and Wearable Technology Art. She is a co-author of the e-Textile online database How To Get What You Want. Currently she lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

She was a guest professor at the Weissensee Art Academy Berlin from 2013-16 and 2021-23. She has been a researcher at the Swedish School of Textiles and at the Distance Lab, Scotland in the field of practice based design research. She holds BA in graphic design from Tokyo Zokei University, and MA in media creation from IAMAS, Japan.

artist-in-residence is supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia // City of Zagreb // Kultura Nova Foundation