May
20
2011
Eta Sadar Breznik‘s space oriented woven sculptures present all possible views on thread from an architect. Monumental and almost like a skyscraper structured, but subtle tapestry, opens another visual perspective on fibers and textiles.
Eta Sadar Breznik also express herself in wearable objects, using strong weaving density for her objects combined with transformable functions of every particular garment. All photos by Anda Klancic, Blaz Zupancic (c)
Flying Carpets by Eta Sadar Breznik (c)
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no comments | tags: arts contemporary textile art, eta sadar breznik, fashion, power of thread, textile, thread, wearable, weaving | posted in art, contemporary art, exhibitions, fashion, gallery, textile art, visual art
Nov
21
2010
Both pioneers of modern dance and strong women in hard times, Loie Fuller and Martha Graham have made some ground works not only in dance, but in the field that discovers the interplay between the body, space, fabrics, light and movements…
Photo above: Portrait of Loïe Fuller, by Frederick Glasier, 1902
Photo bellow: Martha Graham in Lamentation, by Barbara Morgan, 1935
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4 comments | tags: america, auguste lumiere, barbara morgan, body, body cinema, fabrics, lamentation, loie fuller, louis lumiere, martha graham, material, modern dance, pioneers, serpetine dance, simon moselsio, space, textile | posted in body, body cinema, choreographer, culture, dance, education, film, theatre
Apr
10
2010
Lynne Bruning is an award winning wearable artist, eTextile innovator and, as she likes to title herself, ‘a textile enchantress, lover of black sand beaches, tangerine bikinis and fast connections.’
Synaptic by Lynne Bruning, photo: Carl Snider
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2 comments | tags: arduino, DIY, etextiles, fashion, fiber, innovation, interviews, LED, lilypad arduino, lynne bruning, open sourcing, sharing, textile, textile art, wearable, wearable technology, wearables | posted in arduino, art, art & science & technology, contemporary art, device art, fashion, interactive design, interviews, media art, new media, new media art, open sourcing, textile art, wearable, wearable technology
Jan
13
2010
My next interview from Device_art 3.009, held during October 2009 in Zagreb, today on schedule! Back then Yosuke Kawamura presented his interactive installation Textron (2002) with electronically interlaced motifs through an old craft tool like sewing machine and digitally projected images of geometrical calculations.
Photo above: Yosuke Kawamura by ko den sen (c)
Photo bellow: Mobium taken from mobium.blog
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2 comments | tags: artist, device art, hign tech, IAMAS, industry, interactivity, interviews, japan, kontejner, low tech, mobium, new media art, sewing machine, technology, textile, textron, yosuke kawamura | posted in art, art & science & technology, device art, installation, interactive design, interviews, media art, new media, new media art, sound art
Aug
1
2009
Marija Mojca Pungercar is the founder of Socialdress clothing brand and workshop platform based on open source principles carried out in arts and crafts field.
Photo: Nada Zgank (c) + excerpt from Socialdress fabric
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1 comment | tags: alternative, branding, community art, contemporary art, fashion, fibres, interviews, ljubljana, marija mojca pungercar, open sourcing, sewing, slovene, socialdress, textile, textile art, work, workshops | posted in art, art activism, contemporary art, culture, education, fashion, interviews, textile art
Aug
1
2009
Posters designed by Ljubica Marcetic Marinovic with co-author Vlado Zrnic, for last year’s dance piece choreographed by Irma Omerzo, ‘Clothes Do Not Make A Man’ I find interesting for several reasons.
Clothes Do Not Make A Man by Ljubica Marcetic Marinovic (c)
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no comments | tags: billboards, clothes, dance, dance company zalet, exhibition, irma omerzo, ljubica marcetic marinovic, performance, postrs, redesign, textile, urban interventions, urban spaces, zadar, zagreb salon | posted in art, contemporary art, dance, design, exhibitions, installation, theatre, visual art
