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

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. This talk is a redux of the talk we gave at Open Hardware Summit 2026 which sadly has a really terrible recording, so we would love you to have a chance to hear it. We will also have the prototypes and wearables available to see in-person.

Kari Setsuko Love 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.

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

Unfortunately I forgot to share slides on the Zoom, so you'll need to follow along on the Google Slides. Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ghD0SOQaG_UbOWA7cXqWfCiLY79L4gqBdtM3CAGNqxI/edit?usp=sharing