HaloSync - Social Wearable
HaloSync - Social Wearable

Wearable Arts

HaloSync - Social Wearable

HaloSync is a social wearable that turns audience movement into atmospheric lighting. The prototype proposes a set of LED-illuminated decorative rave braids that incorporate physical computing, soft circuits, and an Adafruit FLORA microcontroller.... More

HeartSeed - Hydroponic Microgreens Planter
HeartSeed - Hydroponic Microgreens Planter

Fabrication

HeartSeed - Hydroponic Microgreens Planter

The HeartSeed Hydroponic Planter is a product design born out of a term-long research project on 3D printing and craft. The research examined the integration of digital fabrication into craft practice, asking whether 3D printing could be repurposed... More

HelioBee - A solar powered, whimsical reminder to bee kind to the planet.
HelioBee - A solar powered, whimsical reminder to bee kind to the planet.

Wearable Arts

HelioBee - A solar powered, whimsical reminder to bee kind to the planet.

HelioBee is a kinetic, wearable sculpture inspired by the experience of a bee landing on you in the summer time. It takes the shape of a blocky buzzing bee perched atop a bucket hat in the form of a stylized, “Minecraft” bee crafted from paper,... More

Projected Realities
Projected Realities

Installation

Projected Realities

Projected Realities is an installation that combines traditional oil painting with animated digital projection. Four paintings are mounted on a gallery wall and activated by a projector that maps light, color, and movement onto each painted... More

UMWELTNOISE
UMWELTNOISE

Digital Media

UMWELTNOISE

UMWELTNOISE asks a simple but unsettling question: what is audiovisualization missing? Conventional systems for rendering sound visually are built on human perception, the frequencies we hear, the patterns we find meaningful, the aesthetics we... More

What We Kept
What We Kept

Performance

What We Kept

What We Kept takes place inside the Belarusian Orthodox Church hall in downtown Toronto, a space that has long served as a home for cultural preservation among the Belarusian diaspora in Canada. At the center of the room stands a single... More

Work by

Yana Mikhailava

Creative Technologist

“Pursuing mastery in both thinking and making. Doing things with passion or not at all.”