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This chapter illustrates the concepts of ‘oxymoron materiality’ and ‘oxymoron tectonics’ through a process based on a feedback loop between human and machine creativity. I describe how touch and the material sensation of physical objects are central to this process. A context in which digital and physical perceptions of the real are interwoven creates an embodied sense of hybrid reality, with touch as the interface that helps humans to acknowledge and shape new forms. Machines, including 3D printers, haptic sensors and robots, participate in a dialogue with our actions, minds and memories, to participate in the formation of the hybrid real.
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Ferrarello, L. (2017). The Oxymoron of Touch: The Tactile Perception of Hybrid Reality Through Material Feedbacks. In: Broadhurst, S., Price, S. (eds) Digital Bodies. Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95241-0_9
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