Artist Bio
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Chelsi Alise Cocking is a Jamaican-American new media artist, product designer, creative coder, and researcher. The foundation of her practice falls within using computing and media technologies for craft in visual art, design, and interactive art experiences. Many of her projects, while not exclusively, explore the inherent possibilities of understanding the human body and its movement through computing and utilizing that understanding to create updated and novel experiences within interactive arts. The goal of her research and art is to use computing to aid and enhance human creativity and expression. Empowering us with new ways to create and express ourselves through technology and also creating new ways in which we experience art, design, and performance in the world today.