Kuan-Ju Wu （KJ） 吳冠儒


I’m a creative technologist, new media artist, and interaction designer working across embodied, material-based, and site-responsive experience design. My practice is grounded in research, experimentation, and collaboration—with both human and more-than-human worlds.

For me, technology is not simply a tool, but a medium of transformation. While we often assume that we design technologies, we are just as often shaped by them in return. This thinking informs my concept of Feral Interactions: delightful exchanges among humans, machines, and environments that embrace ambiguity, instinct, and the subtle, intuitive moments through which we come to know the world and one another.

My research practice combines material experimentation with critical inquiry. I often begin with fast, hands-on prototypes, then follow the emergent behaviors, narratives, and relationships that arise through interaction. In this way, making becomes a mode of listening: a process of discovering what materials, systems, and situations are capable of expressing.

I am the co-founder of the artist collective Natura Machina and have taught at the UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and its affiliated Master of Design program. My teaching has included creative programming, electronics, and the design of emerging technologies. My work has been exhibited at Ars Electronica in Linz, the Japan Media Arts Festival in Tokyo, and the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe.