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WITH ERIN GEE
Erin and I were born in 1983 and
came of age in the ‘90’s!
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• Video Games – NES, Nintendo 64
• Xenniel Cynicism, Playfulness and Dark Humor
• Advent of the Internet age

https://jeffjbutler.com/2019/04/20/xennials-they-are-not-
generation-y-or-millennials-so-who-are-they/
 Concerns about
Feminism &
Blackness
https://whatculture.com/gaming/30-greatest-female-fighting-game-characters-of-all-time

HOW WE WERE REPRESENTED OR NOT

IN VIDEOGAMES AND THE MEDIA.

https://www.giantbomb.com/balrog/3005-61/ https://www.vibe.com/photos/boyz-n-the-hood-
25th-anniversary-life-lessons-harsh-realities
Welcome to Dami’s Coming Out
Party

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

 I am an Artist!

https://drawception.com/game/yRpqFK6EZQ/i-am-an-artist-please-god-forgive-me/
 Erin and Dami as Artists
• Contemporary
• New Media Art
• Electronic / Bio / Sound Art
• Embodied and Situated Art

Emotion is a multi-component response to an emotionally potent event, causing changes in subjective

feeling quality (psychological dimension), expressive social behavior (behavioral dimension), and
physiological activation (physiological dimension) of the subject. (Kreiberg 2009)
https://eringee.net/vr-empathy-workshop/
 Shared Toolbox
Electronics
Sentience
Creative Technologies
Sensors Physiology Bio-Technology Internet
Machine Artificial
Learning Intelligence Programming UI / UX
Audio/Visual 3D Printing Storytelling SCRUM
Erin’s art
Feminist
Political
Playful
Dark
Entertaining Empathetic Relational Musical
Engaging Provocative Nostalgic Longing

Communicative Poetic Pop Culture Iconic

Erin’s Media
• Voice
• Music
• Mechatronics: Robotics, Biosensors, Microcontrollers
• Digital: AI / Computer Graphics

Act Compose Teach Review

Sing Engineer Influence Direct
Dance Make Guide Speak
 Dami’s art
Reflexive
Holistic
Insightful
Contemplative
Tangible Curative Liberating Dialogical

Perceptive Therapeutic Communal Empathetic

Cognitive Mindful Participatory Grounded

Dami’s Media
• Light
• Sound
• Electromagnetics
• Electronics: Biosensors, Microcontrollers, Screens
• Digital: 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Projection Mapping

Visible Real-Time Analytic Explicit

Research Healing Implicit Feedback
Generative Meta Invisible Performance
https://damiegbeyemi.com/category/creative-technology/
Our Shared Philosophy
• Communicate
• Conceptualize
• Connect

Emotions Senses Culture Music Life