I’d like to welcome Carly Whitaker, our newest editor to join the FT team.
Carly Whitaker is an emerging digital practitioner based in Johannesburg, South Africa who specializes in digital interactive media. Having completed her Masters in Digital Interactive Media earlier this year, she has begun lecturing and is currently extending her practice and theoretical research into new areas, including wearable technology.
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“I am interested in the diverse and alternative ways of communication which wearable technology enables, on the part of both the artist and the user. The medium acts as a fascinating site of communication where a garment relays information about the individual or their environment to the outside world.
We live in a complex global culture and the idea that an artist can use two such different mediums – the digital and fashion – together is a reflection on how we inhabit our current dynamic. Wearable technology establishes networks of communication; of information which can be re-interpreted and transformed, depending on the environment, the user and the wearer.”
Welcome Carly here on FT, follow her on Twitter @CarlyJanePink and take he look at her research on her website.
