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CIRRUS express Garage 48 Hardware & Arts 2016
Organiser: Estonian Academy of Arts (the course will take place in Tartu)
Seats: 2
ECTS: 1
Deadline: January 7, 2016
Apply here
There is a registration fee 25 EUR to every student taking part in this event (not only CIRRUS students) that must be covered by the CIRRUS students as well.
Two seats have been reserved for CIRRUS students exclusively, so you don’t need to register at the web site of the event now, but after you have been granted a scholarship through CIRRUS.
Everyone, who wants to join the event anyway (with or without grant) is welcome to register already now here.
Grant available: 70 EUR for living costs + 330 EUR travel (Iceland 660 EUR)

Garage48 Hardware & Arts is a one of a kind hackathon bringing together the creative communities of electronics, mechatronics, software engineers, artists, product designers and marketeers at University of Tartu, Institute of Physics on February 5-7, 2016. This will be a truly amazing hackathon, where we expect people to work on crazy ideas with the aim to have fun while developing something cool and REAL – something you can hold in your hands. No matter what skills you possess – everybody who wants to build something is welcome! We want to engage people from different levels of experience: from students to experienced electronics engineers and start-up entrepreneurs.

TOOLS TO WORK WITH
Hardware products require more than just a laptop; this time we are putting together a massive stuff of tech to do hardware prototyping. When you register please describe your idea as specific as possible so we can get most of materials/technologies on the venue.

All available equipment and materials during the hackathon are listed in our blog

TRANSPORT

We will arrange buses leaving from Friday en route Tallinn-Tartu and back on Sunday evening straight after the event. The rest of the trip should be organised by the student him/herself.

Alll information available here!
Application deadline December 17, 2015; 12.00 AM!

DIGITAL WEAVING
CIRRUS EXPRESS COURSE
When:  18 January-26 February (weeks 3-8).
Teaching staff: Jon Pettersen and Signe Halle
Where: KHIB

Aim: To introduce methods in weaving with a range of tools on different technological levels, and to challenge the students to find new approaches to construction and building of 2D and 3D art objects and design.

Content:

• Introduction to the art of weaving for different application and context
• Theory for weaving constructions by using one or more thread systems in warp and weft
• Experiments by using mechanical and digital looms (TC-1, TC-2 and the old jacquard loom with a new digital system)
• Methods for developing motives and patterns by using Photoshop in combination with Nedgraphics software
• Preparing files for hand weaving and/or industrial production

One day seminar:

As part of the program there will be an open seminar on Friday 12 February. International and domestic artists, research fellows and teachers will give presentations.

Study trip:

As a final part of the project it will be possible to visit the factory Innvik Sellgren AS to experience the process of industrial weaving. The location is about 6 hours by bus north of Bergen and the participants must cover the expenses for travel and hotel. The weaving of students work at the factory will be subsidized, but not free.

Cirrus students: 2
CIRRUS scholarship: 330 travel (660 Iceland) + 420 EUR for living costs
Level: BA and MA
Credits: 9 ECTS

Please write a brief letter of motivation explaining why you wish to participate in the course and send it to tale.vik@khib.no.
Application deadline: 30 November, 2015

EKSIG 2015: Tangible means – experiential knowledge through materials
25-26 November 2015

International Conference 2015 of the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge at Design School Kolding & University of Southern Denmark.

REGISTRATION OPEN!

EKSIG 2015 will address the theme of ” Tangible means – experiential knowledge through materials”. It will be convened by the DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge (EKSIG), and hosted by Design School Kolding and University of Southern Denmark.

PLEASE NOTICE: EARLY BIRD FEE IS DUE TO 25 OCTOBER!

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Lene Tanggaard (University of Aalborg, DK)
Professor Carole Collet (Central saint Martins, University of the Arts, UK)
Dr Elvin Karana (Delft University of Technology, NL)

We expect to launch the full program medio October.

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW AT:
http://experientialknowledge.org.uk/fees_2015.html

EKSIG 2015 aims to provide a forum for debate about materials as a means for knowledge generation by professionals and academic researchers, exploring the role and relationship of generating and evaluating new and existing knowledge in the creative disciplines and beyond.

In recent years many creative disciplines have shifted focus from what is produced to why it is produced and how it is used. This includes a growing interest for combining craft traditions with design and other related issues such as sustainability. As early as 1983 Schön defined designing “as a conversation with the materials of a situation” (Schön 1983: 78) and the designer as a maker of things even though it is acknowledged that the concept of design can be broader than ‘making things’. Also in the 1980s Manzini (1989: 17) pointed out a need for further development of cognitive tools and cultural references in order to catch up with the technical and scientific development of materials. Recently Karana et al. (2014) have expressed a need to study not only the functional but also the experiential side of materials. Thus, material knowledge is not only about ‘scientific’ facts such as functional and technical properties. It also encompasses personal, experiential, cultural, emotional, environmental and social aspects. In many disciplines, materials pervade all parts of practice, from the processes to the creation of artefacts and/or other kinds of physical manifestations and the interpretation through other professionals, such as curators, critics, historians etc.

With this conference, we wish to explore different ways in which experiential knowledge through materials can be given more appropriate consideration within the framework of research. This may include for example investigations into the nature, aims, validity, evaluation and/or necessity of different modes of communication and exchange.

Organisers: Nithikul Nimkulrat, Kristina Niedderer and Anne Louise Bang
Contact: alb@dskd.dk
http://www.experientialknowledge.org