Introduction to E-textiles

Video Pool Media Arts Centre (VP) is Manitoba’s only artist-run centre dedicated to the exploration of technology-based art. We inspire curiosity and creative expression through technological empowerment and open exploration, cultivating experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, preservation, and education. As well as disseminating the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada to the international stage, VP highlights work at the intersection of technology and art by local and international artists in our Poolside Gallery, and The Output, our performance and rehearsal venue.

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Artist duo Lee Jones and Greta Grip lead a workshop exploring textiles and circuitry at Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

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E-textiles and having electronics in your clothes might sound like science-fiction but are actually a fun and easy way to learn all about electricity and building sensors. E-textiles combine learning craft techniques (such as sewing, weaving, knitting and crocheting) with the added excitement of making a circuit work.In this introductory workshop individuals will learn all about soft circuits and get the chance to make their own light up bookmark using an e-textile stitch sampler [1]. This workshop will cover the basics of sewing with conductive thread, how to build your circuit, and sewing tools and techniques you can use to put everything together. No prior knowledge of electronics or sewing is required for this workshop. Beginners welcome![1] Lee Jones and Audrey Girouard. 2022. Learning with Stitch Samplers: Exploring Stitch Samplers as Contextual Instructions for E-textile Tutorials. In Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS &#x27;22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 949–965. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532106.3533488T﻿his workshop is presented in partnership with the Manitoba Craft Council.

Introduction to E-textiles

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