Laboratory Of Open Matters (LOOM) is a collective research platform that stimulates the collaboration of scientists, artists, faculty and students to combine their expertise, write critical and theoretical reflections, share knowledges and processes to work with life sciences technologies and cooperate on the organization of workshops, symposiums and meetings.
About
LOOM fosters innovations and developments in new interdisciplinary relationships between science, humanities, technology, art, media and design. Research explorations can include:
- Biological art and design
- Ecology and art
- Wearable technology
- Smart textiles
- Neuroscience explorations in artistic applications
- Imaging and visualisations
- Sustainability materials
Projects
At LOOM, we do interdisciplinary research projects.
Founding Team
Hedren Sum
Fusionist, Digital Humanities Project Manager at NTU Institute of Science and Technology for Humanity
Advisors
Peer M. Sathikh
Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Academic), School of Art, Design and Media
Sierin Lim
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair (Research), School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Contributors
Nagaraju Thummanapalli
Researcher, Senior Assistant Manager (Technical Support), School of Art, Design and Media
Facilities
At LOOM, we provide facilities, equipment, and space for experimentation, research and sharing.
Imaging
Farbrication
Measuring
Programming
Growing
