Yue Xu
I am interested in developing software and hardware tools for fabrication and craft to expand the space for creative expression and tangible interaction, with a particular focus on textile techniques. This includes, but is not limited to using computational methods to negotiate fabrication and material constraints, and harnessing the unique mechanical and electrical behaviors from textile structures, such as the loop-over-loop topology of knitting.
While my professional focus has increasingly shifted towards research, being an artist, and, more broadly, a creative practitioner, has always been an important part of my identity. Artistic practice allows me to contemplate the relationships between humans, the material world, and technologies from more distributed, less human-centered perspectives. I work with fibers and textiles as my expressive media, sometimes incorporating sound and printmaking. My work explores the temporal and ephemeral qualities of materials and processes of making. You can find some of my work here.