Security Blanket

I'm showing work in the "Concealed Carry" show at Experimental Station this month.
The show is a response to the new Firearm Conceal Carry law that went into effect January 1.

My work, "Security Blanket", features a knitted image of a gun, embedded with conductive fibers. Touching the trigger "triggers" a (very loud) audio recording of a gun shot. The piece uses capacitive sensing with an Arduino, and I'm excited to be working with this technology, as my students have expressed interest in it, and I plan to introduce a unit in my class on it soon.

The show opening is tonight from 5-8pm. Experimental Station is located at 6100 S. Blackstone Ave, at the edge of the Univ of Chicago campus.
The exhibit will be accompanied by two public conversations on the new law, led by former Chicago Public Radio host Steve Edwards.