topological media lab

sha xin wei, ph.d.associate professor, computer science and fine arts

concordia universityhttp://topologicalmedia.concordia.ca

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Research Themes

Study gesture and materials from phenomenological, social and computational perspectives.

Invent responsive media and expressive instruments that support novel technologies of performance and the architecture of hybrid media spaces.

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Technical Domains

Calligraphic video

Gestural sound instruments

Softwear, body and fabric-based

Media choreography

Wireless sensing, ubiquitous computing

Gesture tracking, mapping

Responsive media spaces

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tgarden spaces

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calligraphic video

fire, smoke / Yoichiro Serita et al.

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gestural sound: ubicomp 2003

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Softwear: play and epiphanyJill Fantauzza, Matthew Warne, TinyOS team