Ars Electronica Festival · 2019
Mother's Hand Taste (Son-mat)
by Jiwon Woo
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2019
“Mother's Hand Taste (Son-mat)” by Jiwon Woo received a Honorary Mention in the Artificial Life & Intelligence category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2019.
*Mother’s Hand Taste* (Son-mat) explores the complex relationships between the inheritance of culinary culture, genealogical heritage, microbiology, immigration, and notions of a ‘transient self.’ Through *Mother’s Hand Taste* (Son-mat) Woo questions that various yeasts living on our hand skin must influence the…
About Jiwon Woo
Jiwon Woo (KR) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher. Woo investigates new biologically designed materials and fabrication methods derived from nature and the human body.
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