Smart Nursing Bra
Screenprint, handmade bra, paper, box
Size Medium, 6” x 6” x 1” (box)
Edition of 6

The Moon Nursing Bra’s patented smart breast sensors detect the release of oxytocin and prolactin to alert you of your letdown before it happens. Set alerts to notify you when to pump or breastfeed. Track how much milk is pumped, the length of nursing sessions, and review charts with each day’s pattern in the Moon App. Receive alerts through your phone or the bra’s subtle vibration alert system.

Hands Free Devices is a body of work focused on the dehumanizing effects of technology and the ways data-obsessed reliance on digital devices erodes trust in intuition. Text describing real and imagined technology is screenprinted on handmade objects. I use analog processes like screenprinting and sewing to emphasize a handmade aesthetic, at the cost of efficiency and perfection. These “smart devices” boast capabilities to acquire real-time data, share information, and monitor human activity, but notably missing from these matter-of-fact claims is an appreciation for mystery and delayed gratification. As we humans adapt ourselves for technology with little or no restraint, I uncomfortably acknowledge the normalization of digital connectivity in place of mindful, physical connection and ask what is forfeited in the exchange.