Jiawen Yao

Jiawen Yao

Research assistant COSE project

 jiawen yao@partner.kit.edu

Jiawen exists as a user most of the time in her life, having little agency as a standard user, both tech and politic wise, she seeks for otherwise possibilities queering the given identity of a user. Apart from that, Jiawen is a researcher-designer based in Bremen, Germany, she sees leak as a definite part of the digital reality, and leaking as a method to survive together. She’s currently studying in Digital Media in University of Arts Bremen.

Vita
  • Research assistant in Coded Secrets: Artistic Interventions Hidden in the Digital Fabric with Prof. Dr. Inge Hinterwaldner, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • Research assistant in The Dynamic Archive project with Prof. Dr. Andrea Sick, Hochschule für Künste Bremen. Bremen, Germany.
  • Guest lecturer at East China Normal University, Design Dept. Seminar: physical computing basics. Shanghai, China.
  • Research assistant in Chronus Art Center Lab. Shanghai, China.
  • Interaction designer in MorrowAgent Studio , Shanghai, China
Projects
  • AI to Amplify Fellowship program, Goethe-Institut, Online.
  • Gedankenexperiment, Exhibition, Flut Gallery, Bremen, Germany.
  • In Translation, Residency, Circa 106, Bremen, Germany.
  • When the language is three dimensional, an intro to ASL, Workshop, Bremen, Germany.
  • Art Homepage Fair, online.
2020. Internet Yami Ichi, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, China.
  • Maker Faire Bay Area, San Mateo, USA.