Afroditi Psarra – C… what it takes to change https://ars.electronica.art/c/en Ars Electronica 2014 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 05:23:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Handcrafted Futures Workshop https://ars.electronica.art/c/en/handcrafted-futures-workshop/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:33:46 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/c/?p=4139 Continue reading →]]> Afroditi Psarra (GR)
SUN September 7, 2014, 10 AM-1 PM
Akademisches Gymnasium, New Building, I-Center

Hand-crafted technological artifacts focus on social interaction and the engagement of the public with DIY (Do It Yourself) and DIT (Do It Together) practices, and learning by doing techniques. The creation of these unique artifacts can permit the users to interact with their bodies and their surroundings through a playful exploration of art, tradition and technology and provide a subtle but fertile field of experimentation towards social change.

Hands-on practice

This workshop aims to reflect on the use of electronics and computation on textiles and wearables as means for the development of hand-crafted aesthetics. The subject is approched through discussion and hands-on practice and focuses on a single electronic component, the electromagnetic coil.

Three e-textile applications

The participants create handmade spiral copper coils on fabric and explore three different e-textile applications, using the coil as a audio speaker, as an electromagnetic field detector antenna and as a vibration motor. This way they engage in hand-stiching techniques, digital electronics, creative coding and reflect on prototypes that could incorporate an electromagnetic coil. The workshop is open to everybody. No background in coding or sewing is required.

Please register by emailing futureinnovators@aec.at

]]> The Soft, the Hard and the Wet https://ars.electronica.art/c/en/the-soft-the-hard-and-the-wet/ Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:22:35 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/c/?p=907 Continue reading →]]> A three part joint performance hosted by Stadtwerkstatt, Afroditi Psarra (GR), Ce Quimera (ES), Robertina Sebjanic (SI)
SAT September 6, 2014, 6 PM-9 PM
MS Wissenschaft, Heinrich Gleisner Promenade / Ars Electronica Center, Maindeck / Stadtwerkstatt

The Soft, the Hard and the Wet performance invites the public aboard MS Wissenschaft, walk through the Ars Electronica Center maindeck and step into the Stadtwerkstatt club to experience the wearable, the breakable and the imperishable. The three artists have each developed her project during the two weeks summer2014 residency on board Station Messschiff Eleonore. Their work examines current media art practices in a joint performance with Afroditi Psarra (soft circuit), Ce Quimera (open hardware) and Robertina Sebjanic (wet lab).

Feeling electromagnetic fields

Soft circuits utilize textiles with embedded electronic circuits, conductive materials and microcontrollers. Afroditi Psarra (Athens) develops a wearable dress that detects EMF (Electromagnetic Fields) and provides haptic and sonic feedback to the user.

Schedule

18:00 MS Wissenschaft, Heinrich Gleisner Promenade

19:00 Ars Electronica Center, Maindeck

20:00 Stadtwerkstatt, Kirchengasse 4

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