CRAFTED LOGIC Towards Hand-Crafting a Computer

TLDR: The piece consists of fundamental logic gates that are created by various textile-crafting techniques, composed of handcrafted relays that are controlled electromagnetically, and is capable of performing a different logical operation.

Abstract: This paper introduces the piece Crafted Logic, an interactive installation realized as part of a larger research into creating electronic components from scratch. The piece consists of fundamental logic gates that are created by various textile-crafting techniques. Each gate is composed of handcrafted relays that are controlled electromagnetically, and is capable of performing a different logical operation. In replicating the basis of digital electronics in novel forms and through unconventional materials, our intention is to imagine alternatives to existing realities of computational technologies. Crafted Logic is a speculative artifact and process as means to reflect on the creation of digital systems that surround us, as well as on how this shapes our interaction with them.