PROGRAMS_
reSkin_
Date 8th January 2007
Tags et, ars, wearable, textiles, jewellery, design, code
In Summer 2007 we intertwined the practices of media arts and sound design, textile and weaving, jewellery, object and fashion design to produce the reSkin Wearable Technology Lab. This collaborative project of ANAT, the Australian National University School of Art, the Centre for New Media Arts (CNMA) and Craft Australia, placed jewellers and fashion designers with new media artists in an intensive three week research and development lab.
Traditionally, the ANAT annual media labs have focused on introducing the skills associated with emerging technological based forms and practices to a wide sector of Australian media arts practitioners, writers and curators. The reSkin partnership opened up a new world of possibilities; the outcomes of which are still being revealed, but have included interactive, proactive and reactive clothing, jewellery, shoes, bags - and much more that is wearable and technologically integrated.
Six international and national facilitators worked with twenty-one participants making for interesting synergies and collaborations. The labs day to day activities are accessible via the reSkin blog.
reSkin ended with the WearNow Symposium - a day of critical dialogue presenting diverse perspectives on the historical, innovative and developmental aspects of this rapidly developing hybrid arena. Discussions were held at the National Museum of Australia and streamed on the Internet.
