Since the 1997 opening, the Open Studio has been an attempt not
merely to exhibit finished works but to introduce the processes
by which they are created, for a deeper level of understanding.
The latest offering in the Open Studio features the Tangible Media
Group, led by Hiroshi ISHII, from the MIT Media Laboratory. The
group's work is directed at giving digital information tangible
qualities. ISHII's basic concept of graspable bits, bits that can
be directly sensed through the skin, guides his research on "Tangible
Bits," an interface that will provide a physical embodiment of digital
space. His goal is to transform the body, indeed the physical environment
itself, into an interface with cyberspace. This exhibition, during
which visitors to the ICC may directly touch and grasp the work
in the Open Studio, is an opportunity to experience and give thought
to the digital world and expanding media of the future.
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