Opera as a Site for Open Hardware Research and an Unteathered Wearable Projector

May 23, 2026 @ 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM GMT+2 Add to Calendar

While opera and open source hardware might seem like an unusual combination, for Primero Sueño, performed at The Met - Cloisters, wearable technology was baked into the vision from the start. These wearables not only enhanced the storytelling, but fulfilled key technical needs in the sensitive museum space: sound, light & projection.

Kari Setsuko Love

Kari is an artist/researcher who blends her experience as a Broadway costumer, a NASA Space suit contractor, and from teaching soft robotics to make surprising objects.

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Daniel Ryan Johnston

Daniel Ryan Johnston is a Brooklyn-based queer textile artist and accessibility researcher whose current focus is on their research group, Making Fashion Accessible.

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