Knitted EEG Data was created in collaboration with artists Victoria Manganiello and Linh My Truong for the Having Future Friends/Tribe Against Machine e-textiles residency swatch book and gallery presentation in 2020.

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It was composed of knit panels integrated with brainwave data. The EEG data used to generate the patterns was collected through real-time brainwave recordings, which were then transformed into dynamic knit designs. These designs translated neural activity into visual and tactile forms, exploring a dialogue between human consciousness and material expression.

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Conceptual Axis

With this work, we aimed to bridge the gap between intangible human thought and its physical representation. By translating EEG signals into knitted structures, we questioned the boundaries of what constitutes “language” and “communication.” How do we interpret data that originates from within the human mind? Can personal brainwave activity manifest meaning outside of scientific or medical contexts?

Through the integration of e-textiles and knitting traditions, Knitted EEG Data serves as a meditation on the intersection of technology, craft, and the body. It invites viewers to experience neural processes as aesthetic, material artifacts and consider the unseen rhythms of cognition as something tangible and shared.