The DXARTS SoftLab is a studio and an online platform whose mission is to examine the role of workmanship in artistic research, to redefine the use of crafting in the post-digital era, and to explore the body as an interface of control and resistance. It is part of the Department of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Soft Data and Common Wares artists-in-residence 2026
Image credit: Allyce Wood - Droplet, handwoven textile in undulating twill, various fibers, partial ikat, and acrylic, 28 x 30"
Byron Westbrook presents a multichannel version of his acclaimed electroacoustic work, Translucents; DXARTS graduate student Maria Thrän and associate professor Afroditi Psarra conduct real-time radio wave manipulations at The Chapel, at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford on April 18, 2026 at 8pm
Afroditi Psarra will participate in the panel Art & AI: New Privacy Practices at the University of Puget Sound Symposium on AI & Privacy in Tacoma on April 16, 2026.
Afroditi Psarra presents a video installation of her work Ventriloquist Ontology at MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts in Thessaloniki, Greece, in the context of the exhibition 'Wait…How did we get here?'
Open call for two artist residencies at the DXARTS Softlab and the Studio Tilt in the context of the research project SOFT DATA AND COMMON WARES: ‘Hyperlocality’
An immersive 3-hour workshop that delves into the fascinating world of radio instrument creation
Xiaowei R. Wang and Mark A. Hernandez Motaghy are the upcoming artists-in-residence at the DXARTS Softlab and Design’s Studio Tilt in the context of the research project ‘Soft Data and Common Wares’
Speculative botany pattern, showing archival image used, resulting pattern, and the flower, sketched from the speculative pattern. genus species: ‘Kikoniako Kawakami’. Image by Xiaowei R. Wang.
Open call for two artist residencies at the DXARTS Softlab and the Studio Tilt in the context of the research project SOFT DATA AND COMMON WARES
Folding: Structural Materiality in Textiles and Electromagnetics symposium, Panel 3: Making Textile EM, Afroditi Psarra in discussion with Irene Posch and James Flint. Chaired by Erin Lewis.
16 September 2022, 12:00 - 18:15 CEST
An Athens Epidaurus Festival cooperation with Goethe-Institut Athen and CTM Festival
The 27th International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) Barcelona
Final show of the Spring 2022 E-textiles and Wearables class
Afroditi Psarra will be participating at the panel Fashioning Energy Extraction and Restoration: Critical Inquiries through Wearable Creative Practice at this year’s SLSA (Society for Literature, Science and the Arts) conference entitled “Energy”. The panel is chaired by Kathleen McDermott, and other participants include Amor Muñoz and Mukhtara Yusuf. Read more for Zoom link…
Voices and Voids, in collaboration with Audrey Desjardins and Bonnie Whiting will form part of the exhibition Art Machines 2: International Symposium on Machine Learning and Art, which will take place in June 2021 at the Singing Waves Gallery, 3/F Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong.
Crafting Sound concert and panel discussion at SEAMUS 2021 (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States). Organized by Abby Aresty from TIMARA, at Oberlin Conservatory and Rachel Gibson from the University of Virginia. With the participation of Patricia Cadavid, Asha Tamirisa, Jess Rowland, and Sam Topley.
Afroditi Psarra is invited for a virtual artist talk at the Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts, in the context of the course Sound/Mind/Material by Jess Rowland.
“Voices and Voids” website launch and online performance by Afroditi Psarra, Audrey Desjardins and Bonnie Whiting, and panel discussion moderated by Emily Zimmerman at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
On Monday, 16th of November at 8 am PDT Afroditi Psarra will be imparting an artist talk at the Fabricademy program organized by IAAC in Barcelona.
Afroditi Psarra will be curating a monthly show entitled “Transmission Ecologies” at Movement Radio.
DXARTS assistant professor Afroditi Psarra will be doing a lecture performance entitled “Cyber Craft: Re-imagining Technology as a Gendered and Embodied Practice” at the University at Buffalo in New York, in the context of the PLASMA Speaker Series of the Department of Media Study.
The DXARTS Softlab will be participating at the DFab demos event next week on “Digitally Fabricated Textiles”. The lab which is located in ART 333, will be opening its doors to the public between 4:30-5:30PM with live demos on data knitting and digital embroidery for soft circuitry. Join us!
DXARTS assistant professor Afroditi Psarra, will present her research on textile fractal antennas in the context of ICERM's Semester workshop “Illustrating Dynamics and Probability”, which will take place at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
The Illustrating Mathematics program at ICERM (Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics) brings together mathematicians, makers, and artists who share a common interest in illustrating mathematical ideas via computational tools.
The goals of the program are to:
introduce mathematicians to new computational illustration tools to guide and inform their research;
spark collaborations among and between mathematicians, makers and artists;
find ways to communicate research mathematics to as wide an audience as possible.
DXARTS professor Afroditi Psarra will perform and participate in a panel at the “Crafting Sound symposium” which will take part at TIMARA (Technology In Music And Related Arts), Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio on October 2019.
Polaris by Chanhee Choi is a space for us to discover the signal within that connects all of us through immersive light and interactive video installations.
"TEXTILE INTERSECTIONS is a two-days conference and three-days exhibition of works organized by the Textile Design Research Group at Loughborough University in collaboration with Royal College of Art and Queen Mary University London exploring collaborations in textile design research to be held at Loughborough University in London between 12 – 14 of September 2019.
Afroditi Psarra will participate at XFest, a sound and visuals improvisation festival taking place at Petreon Sculpture Park at Mazotos in Cyprus.
DXARTS minor Kat Hardman will be showcasing her project Getting Together: Biomorphism and Emergence at ISEA 2019 (International Symposium of Electronic Arts) that takes place in Gwangju, South Korea on June 22nd to 28th.
DXARTS assistant professor Afroditi Psarra is imparting an introductory workshop to e-textiles and sound experimentation through the use of programmable microcontrollers, digital electronics and soft conductive materials at S1, an artist run project space and contemporary art center in Portland, Oregon.
Join us at Hypnotica 2019 to experience the innovative work of UW students and designers. Located at Hyena Culture in Pioneer Square, the show presents technology and fashion coming together to highlight the artistic visions of our community.
The Paraset (Paratrooper radio set) was one of the most notorious of all the transceivers used by the partisan clandestine radio operators during WWII. Often transported in food baskets, suitcases, and other obscure places, it was used for clandestine radio communication primarily in Norway and Europe. The equipment is known as the “Paraset” because it was dropped by parachute for field agents. A fascinating piece of history.
With this exhibition Piksel wants to make an homage to the radio as a device and also to the importance of the listeners. In a historical moment where the FM analogue radio has been shot down and there are voices that claims that "Norway is not prepared for this.” and "Of course there is a lot of nostalgia in radio. That's one of the reasons this switch is so controversial.” Piksel wants to bring some fresh air doing both, recalling the analogue radio and bringing new low-cost digital technologies to the people, radio-makers and emitters.
