AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

WORKSHOP: WEARABLE SOUND EXPERIMENTS

This four day workshop introduces basic soft electronics techniques for constructing fabric sensors and wearable circuits. Instead of using soldering irons and wire, we will use sewing needles and conductive thread.The theme of the workshop is hacking sound toys into wearables. During the workshop each participant will develop a wearable project, paying attention to the placement of components and the relationship between body, action and sound. Participants will design wearable interactions and deal with issues such as comfort, functionality, context and purpose.

We will introduce to a range of available and affordable materials, tools and craft techniques for making soft electronics that are easy to be continued at home.The textile components covered in this workshop will include: soft and stretchy fabric traces, battery pouches, hard/soft permanent and plugable connections, pressure, bend, tilt and stretch sensors as well as modifying sound toy circuits to be integrated in soft circuitry. Techniques will include: sewing, soldering, embroidery, fusing, knitting, crochet as well as isolation techniques.

Last but not least, we will be raising this question throughout the workshop: why we would ever want to map sounds to our bodies in the first place, let alone embed electronics in our clothing.

Participants of all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to bring their own old clothes to repurpose.

The workshop will be held in English by Hannah Perner-Wilson and Mika Satomi. For more information: www.kobakant.at/DIY/

Maximum number of participants: 10

Dates: 15 - 18 March 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm.

The workshop will be held at:
Atelier Nords project room,
Kunstnernes Hus,
Wergelandsvn. 17,
0167 OSLO

Please apply by filling the form here: www.ateliernord.no.

Application deadline: 5 March 2010.
Participation fee: NOK 500.

If you have any questions please mail to:
office@ateliernord.no or call 23060880.

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ATELIER NORD
Wergelandsvn. 17
N-0167 Oslo
www.ateliernord.no