GMU:Wearables

About

Garment as shelter in public space – strategies for clothing and body: which is not primarily about a pure aesthetic design, but more about the analysis of bodily manifestations and postures, and about the development of an own artistic position.

We will work with Arduino microprocessor boards (Lily-Pads), there will be an introduction to programming (Arduino / C-Syntax) by Michael Markert. Tina Aileen Au (Hong Kong / St. Martin's College of Art & Design, London) will support us in the workshop-week (after four weekly introductive meetings).

Dates & Syllabus

• 23.10., 12-15h First Meeting, Introduction, Starter-Kits, Overview
• 06.11., 13-16h Crash Course Programming for Arduino Part I, Foucaults Utopian Body, Project-Talks & Examples
• 13.11., 13-16h Crash Course Electronics, Project-Talks, Foucaults Heterotopias, Project-Talks & Examples
• 20.11., 13-16h Crash Course Programming for Arduino Part II, Foucaults Heterotopias, Project-Talks & Examples
• 18.12., 14-16h Project-Talks
• 12.01. to 16.01., 11-18h Workshop-Woche
• 05.02., 14-16h Summary, Reviews, Short Documentation (Short Text + 1 Photo + Link to Webpage)

Literature

• Michel Foucault, Die Heterotopien / Der utopische Körper, ISBN 3-518-58428-6
• Sabine Seymour, Fashionable Technology, ISBN 978-3-211-74498-7
• Syuzi Pakhchyan, Fashioning Technology (Craft: Projects), ISBN 978-0596514372
• Helmut Erlenkötter, C Programmieren von Anfang an, ISBN 3499600749

Links

• we-make-money-not-art.com - Wearables Archive
• Leah Buechley - Creator of Arduino Lily Pads
• Getting Started with the Lily Pad - Excellent Intro from Leah Buechley
• arduino.cc
• Arduino Programming Reference
• wearables projects illustrated

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