The main issue of the workshop is to look at, experience with and learn from situations of communication through what we wear and bring that to a higher or different level through the combination of computer technology and the materiality of fabric.
The achievement is to develop systems of what we could call "collaborative or communicating clothing" which will bring forth new sophisticated platforms of expression in terms of fashion, performance art, dance theatre or likewise.
The workshop will elaborate on the goals, boundaries and consequences of such new potential for the individual expression.
Teachers:
Michel Guglielmi, Danish school of Design / DIFFUS,
Hanne Louise Johannesen, Copenhagen University-Visual culture / DIFFUS,
Gøkhan Mura gokhan, PHD student, Istanbul technical University,
Flemming Steffensen, fsteff[at]gmail[dot]com
Students:Three groups of 3 students each. See list here.
This workshop was organised and directed by our research studio DIFFUS.
and involved Danmarks Designskole as well as Copenhagen University /
visual culture.
The workshop is deviced as a pendant to our project activities within
the topic of smart textiles and our involvment in the UNITS project.
(See under "project").
Special thanks to:
Bitten Hegelund, DKDS, textile depart, Marie Lund, DKDS, fashion depart.
Simon Loewin, DKDS, department of visual communication, Bendt Sørensen, DKDS, metal workshops, David Cuartielles, K3-Malmø, Hans Schou.