Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/18-11-2012 -Event 2

Outside event: 22 - 29 Nov: eTexile Sweatshop at V2_ eTextile Sweatshop Program 22-29 November 2012 | V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam

http://www.v2.nl/events/etextile-sweatshop

To support artists working with eTextiles, V2_ will install a temporary workshop space exclusively dedicated to the production of eTextiles. This eTextile Sweatshop will bring together rapid prototyping machines typically found in so-called Fablabs with machines common to the production of textiles. Besides open access to artists working with eTextiles, V2_ is offering an extensive workshop and masterclass program. In this program, leading artists, expert users, and creative communities dealing with eTextiles will transfer their skills and expertise.

Wednesday 21: Opening drinks Event | 17.00 - 18.00 | free

Thursday 22: Punch Couture Workshop | 10.00 - 18.00 | Ebru Kurbak (TR) and Irene Posch (AT) | €25 incl. lunch and materials | registration required: karla@v2.nl The Punch Couture workshop explores the artistic possibilities of self-made punch cards for knitting machines. Participants create their own punch cards using laser- and vinyl cutters, and knit the result under the guidance of artists Ebru Kurbak and Irene Posch.

Friday 23 + Saturday 24: Designing for the Loop Workshop | 10.00 - 18.00 | Mika Satomi (JP/AT), Hannah Perner-Wilson (AT), and Andreas Köhler (DE) | €50 incl. lunches and materials | registration required: karla@v2.nl Designing for the loop is a two-day workshop that focuses on eco-conscious eTextile design, developed by artists Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson in collaboration with sustainability expert Andreas Köhler. Participants debate issues of sustainability in eTextile design on the basis of several hands-on experiments, such as designing a recyclable eTextile and conducting life-cycle analysis.

Saturday 24: Ultimaker 3D Printing Masterclass | 11.00 - 13.00 | Joris van Tubergen (Protospace) | €12,50 incl. materials | registration required: karla@v2.nl

Saturday 24: Textile Laser Cutting Masterclass | 14.00 - 16.00 | Jiskar Schmitz and Christian Waber (Snijlab) | €12,50 incl. materials | registration required: karla@v2.nl

Sunday 25: eTextile Workspace Expert meeting | 10.00 -18.00 | free V2_'s eTextile Workspace community gathers to work on on-going individual and collaborative projects. Non-members are warmly invited to join this group of expert eTextile producers.

Monday 26: Open Access Day Open access | 10.00 -18.00 | free During Open Access Day the sweatshop is freely accessible to artists to work on their own eTextile projects. Following Fablab practice, participants should provide their own materials.

Tuesday 27: Architextiles Expert meeting | 10.00 -18.00 | free The Architextile community experiments with light, sound and laser-cut patterns in the context of interior design and architecture. Non-Architextile members are warmly invited to join.

Wednesday 28: Smart Social Crafting Workshop | 10.00 - 18.00 | Betsy Greer (US) | €25 incl. lunch and materials | registration required: karla@v2.nl Betsy Greer, known for coining the term ‘craftivism’, leads a workshop on Smart Social Crafting in which participants create machine-knit pairs of conductive swatches to form a simple circuit.

Thursday 29: Test_Lab: eTextile Sweatshop Event | 20.00 - 22.00 | free This edition of Test_Lab marks the end of V2_’s week-long eTextile Sweatshop and highlights some of its products. With presentations by Betsy Greer (US), Andreas Köhler (DE), Ebru Kurbak (TR), Karla Spiluttini (AT), Piem Wirtz (NL), eTextile Workspace, Ultimaker, Snijlab and others.