<h3 style>Textil{e}tronics</h3><div style>
>From the textile to the electronic thread, from substance to fashion item
‘Let’s now delve deep into the fluff’
Massimo Banzi, Getting Started with Arduino
Following the development of a simple thread into complex new media objects, the exhibition
will touch upon recent developments in the areas of wearable technology and electronic sculpting
through lumino light objects and the presentation of Arduino microcontrollers.
Dealing with sculptural textile (J. Štefanec) and electronic thread (A. Klančić), designed substance and
new meanings of objects (P. Dona), as well as socially responsible textile art (M. M. Pungerčar), the
exhibition presents an overview of contemporary new media directions and questions the meaning
of the medium as such. The social and emacipatory aspects of textile arts are clear - they invoke
thoughts of industrial manufacturing, DIY subculture and self-sustained systems, especially in
relation to recent similar developments in the fields of open source and wearable technology
(Arduino, Body Pixel Studio).
The thread as a seemingly fragile, but basically all-pervasive, almost indestructible matter, and the
wire as a conductor and an arbiter of electrons are hereby linked. Juxtaposed in a way, the materials
provide the cohesive narrative for the objects presented. The exhibition examines this link from the
microscopic amorphous shape and suppleness of the material, all the way to the subtle robustness of
the objects. Mechanic perfection, be it the human body or a machine, is not a prerogative here, since
the delightful awkwardness of mechanics does not comply with the projected reality. The uncertainty
of the performance which accompanies every new-media art process, is quite well suited to the
fragility of the textile thread.
Weaving as a sequence of source code, and knitting as a kind of programming, are linked in the
metaphorical sense to the alteration of the 0 and 1 of the binary code in computer interfaces, and
also to the types of stitches and markings in sewing and knitting. Other topics that the exhibition
touches upon are DIY culture, simplified hardware hacking and tinkering. The term tinkering, in the
sense of the conversion of techno-gadgets or toys and their placement in new surroundings with a
prospect of new functions, suggests analogies between the work process of textile workers, artists,
hackers, DIY enthusiasts and electronics engineers.
The Arduino microcontroller is presented by the movie Arduino The Documentary, and takes us to
the final “wired” phase of development. The microcontroller was invented in Italy at the end of 2005
and beginning of 2006. It was supposed to make prototyping easier for students of interactive design
and new media. It was primarily developed as a platform based on open source code. Due to the
openness of the platform and the community it gathered online, the project developed fairly quickly.
To adapt it further to wearable technology, MIT scientist Leah Buechley designed the Lilypad Arduino
in 2007, for use in the field of e-textiles. Founders: Massimo Banzi and David Cuartielles
The exhibition, subtitled 'From the textile to the electronic thread, from substance to fashion item',
will also be a premiere of a sort, since contemporary artists Anda Klančič and Marija Mojca Pungerčar
will be presented to the Croatian audience for the very first time. We will display works made
specifically for this occasion, and present the recent as well as upcoming tendencies in electronic
textiles and new media sculptural concepts never before shown in Croatia. As part of the exhibition,
several guerilla knitting and yarn bombing events will take place in the public spaces of Velika Gorica.
Guerilla knitting, yarn bombing, and knit graffiti directions of knitting and crocheting were started by
American textile artist Magda Sayeg because of her frustration with the huge amount of her
unfinished knitting projects. Guerilla knitting is inspired by graffiti culture, hip hop and street art, as
well as the desire to soften the vocabulary of the aforementioned urban cultures. In 2005 Magda
Sayeg knitted around her first public-space object in front of her boutique, instigating the founding of
Knitta Please group. Since then she has been travelling regularly, taking up invitations from various
cultural institutions and tagging the architecture in capitals worldwide. As for the movement of
guerilla knitting & yarn bombing, it has been spreading to the public spaces of the world through the
contributions of countless anonymous guerrilla knitters…...
Biographies:
Josipa Štefanec is a member of the new generation of contemporary Croatian textile artists, and has
worked internationally. She graduated in fashion and design at the Faculty of Textile Technology, and
sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She designs costumes for dance shows, and
expresses herself through the medium of installation and wearable fashion items. Her work has been
displayed at numerous exhibitions in Croatia and other countries. She has received awards and had
her works included in museum and gallery collections both in the country and abroad. She works at
the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb. <a href="http://josipastefanec.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://josipastefanec.com/</a> Contact:
<a href="mailto:josipa.stefanec@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">josipa.stefanec@gmail.com</a>
Anda Klančič is a multiple award winning contemporary textile artist internationally acclaimed, from
Japan to the United States. She graduated both from the Faculty of Textile Technology and the
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. Starting off as a fashion designer, she now
incorporates media installations, lumino objects, jewellery and photography in her work. She has
taken part in over 130 international group and solo exhibitions of contemporary textile art. Her
works are part of many private art collections worldwide. She lives and works in Ljubljana. http://
<a href="http://powerofthread.blogspot.com/p/anda-klancic.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">powerofthread.blogspot.com/p/anda-klancic.html</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:anda.klancic@siol.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">anda.klancic@siol.net</a>
Marija Mojca Pungercar graduated painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, and
has an MA in new media in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has received multiple
awards and exhibited her work at many international exhibitions in the media of textile installation,
performance, new media, photography, video and film art. Apart from working with new media for
over 20 years, she is also the editor of Artservis webpage, a costume designer for theater in Slovenia,
and the author of numerous video clips and short films. She is the co-founder of <a href="http://3via.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">3via.org</a> art
organization: <a href="http://www.3via.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.3via.org</a> Contact: <a href="http://www.mojca.info/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.mojca.info</a>, <a href="http://www.socialdress.net/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.socialdress.net</a>,
<a href="mailto:mojca.pungercar@guest.arnes.si" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">mojca.pungercar@guest.arnes.si</a>
Patrizia Donà is a fashion designer and independent artist working in questioning and pushing the
boundaries of fashion. After graduating in fashion design, she has focused on redesigning ready
made objects into series of wearable items or accessories. After finishing her studies in art history
and ethnology at the Faculty of Filosophy, she moved on to study fashion design at the Willem de
Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. During and shortly after her studies, she worked for Belgian
designers A.F. Vandevorst in Antwerp, and also as a stylist at their fashion shows in Paris. http://
<a href="http://laboratoriodona.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">laboratoriodona.com/</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:donapatrizia@hotmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">donapatrizia@hotmail.com</a>
Arduino - Documentary
Raúl Alaejos & Rodrigo Calvo
Raúl Alaejos is a Spanish documentary film director. He graduated in audiovisual communication at
the European University in Madrid, and TV systems in Boston. Awarded several times for his short
features and documentaries, he has collaborated with many TV companies and currently runs the
audiovisual department in the Medialab-Prado Centre in Madrid.
Rodrigo Calvo is a photographer, scriptwriter, producer and film director with a degree from Oviedo
University in Spain. He has worked as an expert associate and instructor at theLABoral Centre in
Gijon, Spain, and deals in film production and programming in Linux and Android platforms, with an
emphasis on the Arduino ADK microcontroller.
Production: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (Art and Industrial Creation Centre)
<a href="http://arduinothedocumentary.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://arduinothedocumentary.org/</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:info@arduinothedocumentary.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">info@arduinothedocumentary.org</a>
Body Pixel Studio
Deborah Hustić a.k.a. body pixel graduated in comparative literature and ethnology in Zagreb. She
has gone through a systematic education in graphic and web design, cultural industries, new media
and dance. She takes part in the international scene as maker and blogger on wearable technologies,
new media performance art, the DIY scene, open source hardware and Arduino. When not taking
apart appliances and old computers, she is the editor of Culturenet website (English edition), head
of Media lab I'MM_ (Kultura promjene-SCZG), and does Web strategies in the area of culture. http://
<a href="http://www.bodypixelstudio.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.bodypixelstudio.com/</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:deborahhustic@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">deborahhustic@gmail.com</a>
Curator: Deborah Hustić
Velika Gorica, ožujak, 2012.
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