Report workshop ‘Stof tot Zorg’

Posted by Selina on Monday March 15th 2010 at 13:56

On Thursday 11th of March the workshop ‘Stof tot Zorg’, organized by the research groups Social Spaces (Media & Design Academy), IMEC and IBBT-SMIT (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), took place. Together with several representatives of the caretakers sector (e.g. In-HAM, Wit-Gele Kruis, Thuiszorgwinkel Limburg, Arion ) and the artist collective Constant vzw, we engaged in a brainstorm, mainly discussing the possibilities of technological integration in textile and the significance of these technologies for the care sector. Important questions that were asked that day concerned the future of medical tools, the development of new technologies for patients with special and specific needs and the role that aesthetics (can and should) play in such medical technologies.

puntKom #4 – Your textile or mine? A workshop on smart, interactive & social textiles

Posted by Niels on Thursday February 18th 2010 at 16:57
puntKom logoThe fourth puntKom (puntKom is a series of informal evenings on culture, technology, design,…) will be a hands-on evening on smart/ interactive /social textiles.
Two parallel workshops will be organised: Wendy van Wynsberghe (BE – Constant vzw – http://bit.ly/csKrsc) will provide for a practical insight in the creation of low-tech high-fun smart – interactive – social textiles.
The other workshop will be lead by Berit Greinke (GE – http://textileandsound.com/ & http://www.beritgreinke.com/). In her work Greinke tries to address other senses than only the visual or the tactile when working with (or wearing) textiles. She will moderate a creative brainstorm, followed by a workshop starting from the tools (like an Arduino-based light-scanner) she developed in her artistic work.

puntKom #4 is held on the 11th of March at the Media & Design Academy in Genk. The evening starts at 18.45h and ends at 22h.
The workshops are free, but registration at http://www.puntKom.nu is obliged!
(We can only allow up to 15 people to register for each workshop. Do not hesitate to do so…)

puntKom is a mix of crispy lectures, tasty workshops, bite-sized performances and yummy demos. In short, a meeting place for you (yes, You!), passionate about media, culture, design and technology! It is organised by the Master Program Communication & MultimediaDesign.

Previous puntKom sessions:
puntKom #1 on Digital Bastard Culture & Serious Gaming
puntKom #2 on Soundcoding
puntKom #3 on 20 lines of Code

Next puntKom sessions:
puntKom #4 on Smart, Interactive & Social Textiles
puntKom #5 on Humour online
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