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

PLEN is an open source printable bipedal walking humanoid robot. Since all its constituent control circuits, software and mechanical designs are universally accessible, technicians and artists can use PLEN as a platform for their own diversifying development processes.
Visitors can attend workshops in which they develop their own vision of an evolvable robot and then, in various forms, bring these creative visions to life.

In “Sonotopia” Hörstadt showcases Bischofshof’s urban architecture as a tonal ensemble. Individual elements such as rainspouts, sewer systems, windows and domes morph into musical instruments and coalesce into an orchestra. At this workshop staged by Hörstadt’s staff, interested members of the public will be able to try their hand at conducting this orchestra and bringing forth sound artistry with these instruments. This playful exploration of the Bischofshof’s tonal qualities is an encounter with the acoustic level of our perception of space.