Karimah Zaiter
she/her
-genic
Karimah Zaiter is an interdisciplinary media artist based in Dublin. Their practice centres on exploring the overlapping nature of art and science. The rich cultural impact of textiles on technology, data science, and feminist science studies sits at the forefront of their work thematically. They bring life to the flatness and esoteric nature of science through process-based work.
-genic stems from the question, “What does scientific data become when we remove its context?” The project explores this through multiple “steps”: a cross-stitch pattern, jacquard punch cards, a piano keybed, and an electronic typewriter. Starting with a handwritten data pattern, each “step” takes data from its predecessor and transmutes it into a new form.
Throughout the work’s duration, the artist will “clock in and out” to alter aspects of the installation. -genic also presents the artist’s workings, offering an insight to the uniformed viewer into the complex system.
0 -genic, notice board of workings.
1 -genic, handwritten cross-stitch print.
2 -genic, jacquard punch cards.
3 -genic, keybed of piano.
4 -genic, AX410 brother electric typewriter.
5 -genic, noticeboard of performance outcomes.