[ISEA2004] Paper: Susan Ryan — Computer Couture? Or: Queer Eye for the Cyborg

Abstract

The paper represents research analysis of emerging varieties of wearable technologies as cultural expression; and, as such, compares and contrasts wearable technology and fashion.

  •  Susan Ryan (USA) is Associate Professor of Art History specializing in contemporary art including new media and theory and art. Member of the Steering Committee for L-CAT(Lab for Creative Arts and Technologies), an initiative for multidisciplinary research in innovative arts and technologies and part of CCT (Center for Creative Technologies) at at LSU. I am currently developing an arts and computation interdisciplinary working group at LSU. I have published books on contemporaray art with MIT and Yale University presses but the current paper reflects a new research direction and a larger project I have pursued for about a year.

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