Virtueel Platform published an elaborate Fleshing Out report by Leonieke Verhoog on their website. Read it here: http://www.virtueelplatform.nl/article-3553-en.html

Streams of FLESHING OUT seminar online!

Part 1:
Opening by Anne Nigten and presentations and demonstrations by Suzanne Lee, Anne Galloway, Tobie Kerridge and Thecla Schiphorst: rtsp://stream.v2.nl/v2/events/fleshingout01.rm

Part 2:
Presentations and demonstrations by Joanna Berzowska, Kristina Andersen, Suzanne Lee and Ger Brinks: rtsp://stream.v2.nl/v2/events/fleshingout02.rm

Part 3:
Presentation by Ionat Zurr and closing debate by Suzanne Lee and Anne Nigten: rtsp://stream.v2.nl/v2/events/fleshingout03.rm

Thank you

Thanks so much to the organisers, presenters and audience for such an inspiring event! Since I'm notoriously bad at making succinct blog posts, my rather wordy reflections can be found on my own blog:

- Fleshing out reflections on art + science collaborations
- Fleshing out, Pt. 2, in which science and industry speak

I'll also be posting annotated presentation slides in the next day or two As promised, here are the annotated slides for my presentation:

- Seams and Scars: Tracing Technological Boundaries and Points of Attachment (pdf)

and I look forward to continuing discussions and future collaborations. Cheers.

Fleshing Reviews

Fleshing Out has been covered quite extensive by Sascha Pohflepp on We Make Money Not Art. It gives a good idea of the seminar, the different presentations, demos and discussions. Some of our speakers have been blogging on design.nl, which gives a more personal account of the event. An elaborate report on both the seminar and the workshop are in the pipeline. On this blog will be announced when those are published, on either the Virtueel Platform or V2_ website. V2_ did a live stream on the event on thursday, which will be archived on the V2_ website and available on demand. Also annnounced here.

Fleshing Out Part 2

After a very succesfull first day of Fleshing Out we are now peparing for the second day. The seminar showed a whole range of interesting speakers and demonstrations, dealing with different technologies and materials. In the end discussion interdisciplinary work and collaboration was discussed. Most speakers are from an arts background end then moved towards science and technology, and making that thriving to their work. They talked about what it means and takes to be working in a different realm, and what motivates them to do so. This forming a perfect base for the second day of Fleshing Out, as there participants will be working on projectproposals and working out what it takes to realize them.

only two days to go...

Preparations for the Fleshing Out event are well under way. Only two days to go. The programme for both days is available, as well as the list of participants. Design.nl asked us to do one week of blogging on the Fleshing Out event. So some of the speakers will be tellling about their experiences: how they are preparing their demos, and also highlights from the seminar and workshop. These posts will be appearing on this blog as well. We invited all the participants of Fleshing Out to blog with us. So feel free.

Michel was the first to post on design.nl
michel on design.nl


programme of the seminar
programme of the workshop

FLESHING OUT: Wearable Interfaces, Smart Materials and Living Fabrics

V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam-based Virtueel Platform, the expertise centre for E-Culture, are organising a two-day event on the theme of close-to-the-skin technology.

Recent developments in science, including DNA and stem cell research, tissue culturing, smart materials and wearable technology, have a growing impact on how we perceive materials and clothing in design practice. In laboratories across the globe researchers at the boundaries of materials research, electronics, chemistry, and biotechnology are laying the foundations of future applications. The key characteristics of the materials and clothing developed in these labs are their ability to adapt (such as fabrics that adapt their density according to the surrounding temperature), the seamless integration of technology (for example, woven-in solar panels) and the self-organising nature of the design process (such as skin that grows in the form of a­ leather­ jacket, independent of any living being).

It is up to the designers, artists, and developers to determine how this ‘adaptivity’, seamless integration and self-organisation will take place. Designers and artists play an essential role in the way these technologies are formed and the way they are used in society at large. More is at stake here than merely the design of the products.It is also vital to stop and think about the impact that the introduction of these kinds of technologies may have on society.

Fleshing Out aims to create a breeding ground for Dutch initiatives in the field of new technologies, in the arts, materials and clothing design practice. It also examines the social impact of this scientific innovation on our daily lives, by testing out various scenarios in conjunction with their users.

With:
Kristina Andersen (Media Design, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and Steim, Amsterdam)
Joanna Berzowska (Design and Computation Arts , Concordia University, Montreal)
Ger Brinks (Textile Materials, Saxion Hogescholen, Enschede)
Anne Galloway (Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University Ottawa)
Janine Huizinga (Waag Society, Amsterdam)
Tobie Kerridge (Royal College of Art, London)
Suzanne Lee (Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London)
Michiel Scheffer (Fashion and Materials Design, Saxion Hogescholen, Enschede)
Thecla Schiphorst (Interactive Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)
Sabine Seymour (University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria)
Ionat Zurr (SymbioticA: the art and science collaborative research laboratory, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia)

Seminar
This seminar brings together leading and critical initiatives in the field of wearable technology and smart materials and presents them to a broad audience of artists, designers, scientists and students from a variety of disciplines. The seminar takes place on Thursday 9th of November at V2_ in Rotterdam and is part of V2_'s Test_Lab.admission seminar: 40 Euro (students: 20 Euro)

Workshop
The workshop provides a more intimate setting for a selected group of speakers from the seminar and several invited Dutch experts. They come together in this workshop to analyse best practices in the interdisciplinary field of wearable technology, come up with scenarios, and research the possibilities of setting up new innovative projects in the Netherlands.The workshop wil be held on Friday 10th of November at the Zwijger in Amsterdam. The Fleshing Out workshop is by invitation only. However there are some open seats availableadmission scenario workshops: 75 Euro (students: 35 Euro)

Fleshing Out kindly acknowledges the financial support of: Mondriaan Foundation and Saxion Universities
You can register via our online registration form: http://www.virtueelplatform.nl/id.php/inschrijfformulier