#tactile interface

[hardwarehacklab]

This is very very cool - and also kind of silly. MaKey MaKey

[thisinspiresguri]

Skin Writing

I have been thinking a lot about how our skin serve as an interface for tactile communication lately. And how our scars make up our individual timeline of dramatic events.

For several years, my skin used to be hyper sensitive and raise to imitate where and how it had been touched. The sharp quality of a finger nail provided accurate feedback, and so my classmates and I used my arms as canvases to draw things. The skin would stay swelled long enough for us to play a game of Tic Tac Toe.

Today I learned that this phenomenon has the name dermographism (= skin writing). Photographer Ariana Page Russell has used the condition to create art where her skin shows different reactions. I find this slightly disturbing and beautiful at the same time, because of the intimacy and my ability to feel this sensation. I wish I had documented some of the artworks I carried around for a brief time as well, as my skin doesn't have this reaction to touch anymore.