This workshop is part of a course at the Ernst Busch Hochschule in Berlin.
It is only open to students of Spiel&&Objekt.
SOFT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOFT BODIES is a 2week course and a place for *making-believe* that SOFTness is the solution to our HARD problems. we will set ourselves up to indulge this fantasy so that we may learn what we can from the SOFT things that surround us. including our own soft squishy bodies.
week1 ::: design & technologie modul
week2 ::: spiel und theater modul
Photos >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157718216534813
week1 (2days) ::: what is SOFT technology?
we’ll begin by collectively defining what SOFT technology is.
what is SOFT technology?
maybe it helps to start building some SOFT technology yourself.
we will build SOFT sensors and replace our HARD computer interfaces with SOFT ones.
we will use these SOFT interfaces.
what will we use them for?
to draw? to doodle? to click? to select? …
what will we draw? what will we click?
how will we select?
what is SOFT technology?
week2 (5days) ::: collective *making-believe*
our collective SOFT technology definition becomes the basis for a collective *making-believe*.
what is this world like in which SOFT technology has solved all our HARD problems? how can we set ourselves up to experience this world first hand?
in this week we will plan and play in order to create an experience of our SOFTSOFT world.
what is it like in our SOFTSOFT world?
week1
what is SOFT technology?
collective whiteboard space >> https://wbo.ophir.dev/boards/dS6GJYlycdk86TlP8k-nVTksF4yfECeKsviR-1WDbro-#1270,470,0.1
S&&O KIT
SOFTSOFT KIT
BREATHING BELT
>> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8171
KINESIOTAPE PRESSURE & BEND SENSOR
>>http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8497
ADAFRUIT FLORA ARDUINO
Flora install >> https://learn.adafruit.com/getting-started-with-flora/overview
HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE LIBRARY
HID >> https://gtt.ufg.at/fff2019/human-interface-device-hid/
week2
collective *making-believe*
SOFT TECHNOLOGY WORKS
Theramin – IS AIR SOFT?
Laurie Anderson Drum Dance
Drumpants
LIZZY – 3D Drum Dress – live in Berlin
Massage me
Perfect Human
>> https://www.kobakant.at/?category_name=work
Mimu Gloves
>> mimugloves.com/
MIT researchers develop temporary tattoos that can control smartphones
Google’s Project Jaquard
Dear Google…. response to above
KOBA – ETextile Tailor Shop
https://www.kobakant.at/KOBA/
FURTHER_READING_WATCHING_LISTENING_
Elektronische Textilien als Material und Werkzeug_
Hannah Perner-Wilson, Irene Posch, 2020
“Welche Fasern leiten Strom? Wie schauen Fäden aus Metall aus? Welche Flächen können als Sensoren ver- wendet werden? Elektronische Textilien, manchmal auch Smart Textiles genannt, beschreiben die Integration von elektronischen Funktionalitäten in textiles Material. Dadurch lassen sich Sensoren und Schaltkreise aus Textil umsetzen. Diese können weich und kleidsam sein; sie können in Alltagsgegenstände verwebt werden und dadurch neue Funktionen ausführen; und sie bieten durch die neuartige Verbindung von Elektronik und Textil die Möglichkeit, die Qualitäten dieser Disziplinen neu zu denken!”
>> gtt.ufg.at/e-textilien-material-werkzeug
Chimera_
“an interactive database for wearables development & information awareness. It includes Research – Tutorials – Patents – Concepts and Aesthetic approaches used by the wearables community to inspire & boost the wearables development from different field perspectives.”
>> http://chimerawearables.com/
Stitching Worlds
https://www.stitchingworlds.net/
Art as We Don’t Know It
https://shop.aalto.fi/p/1194-art-as-we-dont-know-it/
The CHEMARTS Cookbook
https://shop.aalto.fi/p/1193-the-chemarts-cookbook/
Meet the Materials
halt-and-catch-fire-syllabus
This site features a curriculum developed around the television series, Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017), a fictional narrative about people working in tech during the 1980s-1990s.
https://bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-catch-fire-syllabus/
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