AIL-Exhibition: Stitching Worlds
Stitching
Worlds is the final exhibition and the terminal destination for the research laboratory of the arts-based research project
with the same name. The exhibition blends the worlds of textiles and electronics in novel ways through past, present and future
tense narratives.
What if electronics emerged from textile handicrafts such as knitting, weaving,
crochet and embroidery? How would technology be different if craftspeople were the catalyst to the electronics industry, via
textiles manufacturing? The focus lies on the tension created by the use of highly traditional textile techniques as an alternative
way to manufacture functioning electronic technology. By revealing unexpected potentials of often-undervalued knowledge and
skills, the objects and installations on display question the commonly accepted value systems and their implications. In the
experimental exhibition and research setting, the artists will provide personal insights into their work. Guided tours and
a supporting program will be offered to visitors.
Book Launch
April 26, 2018
5 pm
Round table discussion
with Onur Akmehmet (Economist, Istanbul), Lars Hallnäs (Professor of Interaction Design, Swedish School of Textiles), and
Fiona Raby (Professor of Design and Social Inquiry, The New School New York)
7 pm
Cocktails
Stitching Worlds
research project is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): AR 284-G21 in the Programme for Arts-based Research (PEEK),
and hosted at the Department of Industrial Design 2 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
