Digital Naturalisms Conference

Digital Naturalisms Conference

Co-organizing a conference about making things with nature and community
The cover of Born A Problem, red book with black stamped text and seal

Born A Problem

On Chinese erasure in Indonesia, in collaboration with poet and translator Edward Gunawan
The UI of Circuit Sketcher; attaching a LED and pressing the switch; showing different modes

Circuit Sketcher

With Chibitronics and Interstitial Technology Co-op, designing and building a CAD tool for paper circuits
A desk with various opera collaboration tools laid out

Collaboratura

Tools for bringing artists across disciplines together to create opera
Two people standing in front of a wall presenting with dynamic media attached to the walls

Dynamicland

Designing & building a computer woven into physical space
The Interstitial Technology Co-op logo, an I made out of ][ with a circle around it.

Interstitial Technology Co-op, PBC

Working at a cooperatively owned tech worker coop
Shibori fabric spelling out 'OMAR', with laser cut resists used for dyeing below the fabric

Shibori Resists (Oregon Mini Art Residency)
A drawing of squares with legs, gathered in a circle.

The Inequities of Our Remote Gathering Tools

2020 essay & zine workbook on the tensions of interacting in tiny rectangles
A photo of Paula welding an animal enrichment structure, sparks flying

Dinalab Residency

Animal enrichment, crafting with recycled plastics, & more at the Digital Naturalisms Laboratory
Students learning about electronics

Teaching
An image of Paula posing like a starfish, with the text 'You Are The Starfish!' below.

Be The Starfish
A screenshot of the app 'Workout Dog', a timer with a drawing of a dog looking stretchy

Workout Dog
Three circles with batik patterns connected together in a larger circle.

50years.today
A pen drawing on its own, sketching a spiral shape.

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