Poster Statement 

“Field Computing”, is an ongoing interdisciplinary research project to design and build wearable devices for use in citizen science applications. The works from this project is derived from the fields of wearable electronics, citizen science and environmental biomonitoring through a critical design perspective. Data Har-Vest, one of the works in this series, is a wearable tool that collects physical artifacts and contextual data about fungi for scientific surveys. An early prototype for this tool is discussed along with design considerations.

• Jen Liu, born in Smithtown, NY, currently lives and works in New York, USA. 2003 – 2005 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1999 – 2001 MFA Fine Arts and Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, USA. 1994 – 1998 BA Creative Writing, BA Studio Art High Honors, Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio, USA. jenliu.info