Excogigirls Spotlight: Lena Anderson & Britt Blair – The “Quantum‑Thread” Project (02 May 2023)
Temporalities of labor A persistent theme is time-as-labor. Sequences that replay domestic tasks—folding, mending, cleaning—are rendered with the gravity normally reserved for heroic labor. By elevating these gestures, the work asks us to re-evaluate how time invested in traditionally feminized tasks is documented and remembered. The 230502 stamp functions here not only as a date but as an index of hours, an accounting ledger for invisible work. Anderson and Blair’s choreography of these gestures translates mundane repetition into a kind of slow-motion protest against erasure. excogigirls230502lenaandersonbrittblair work
In essence, the Quantum‑Thread behaves like an invisible fiber that can be woven through a processor, a sensor array, or even a flexible wearable, carrying bits of information without heating the surrounding circuitry. Excogigirls Spotlight: Lena Anderson & Britt Blair –
From a hidden workshop three towns over, Lena and Britt toasted with cold coffee. Their work had just begun. The 230502 stamp functions here not only as
| Member | Role | Core Expertise | Notable Prior Work | |--------|------|----------------|--------------------| | Lena Anderson | Lead Systems Engineer & Design Lead | Human‑centred systems, ergonomics, rapid prototyping | Lead designer for the “Eco‑Cab” low‑emission shuttle; author of Design for All: Systemic Approaches (2021) | | Britt Blair | Data‑Science Strategist & Sustainability Analyst | Machine‑learning pipelines, climate‑impact modelling, policy analytics | Principal investigator of the “Carbon‑Smart Cities” consortium; published Data‑Driven Equity (2022) | | Supporting Network | 12‑person interdisciplinary advisory board (including sociologists, policy makers, and industry partners) | Provides domain‑specific insights, ensures stakeholder alignment | — |