I-Machine
Exhibition view Ich-Maschine. Photo Franz J Wamhof © Edith-Russ-Haus
Exhibitions
Robots – mechanical beings in art
They move, they communicate and react to us. They are unpredictable.They seem to be alive. A horde of robotic beings designed by variousmedia artists is populating the Edith Russ Site for Media Art on theoccasion of the I-Machine Festival.
While the exhibition shows art robots and robotic installations,visitors to the workshop learn how to make small robots themselves. Thefestival opens with a robotic performance that treads a fine linebetween the artistic and the absurd.
Artists: Frank Fietzek, Paul Granjon, KH Jeron, Ralf Schreiber
Wearable technology – between fashion and art
A jacket that shows us the way? A dress on which you can play computer games with people? a sweat shirt you can make music with? More and more designers and artists nowadays are experimenting with new technologies and creating articles of clothing that can do more than just look good. Artist designers integrate, for example, sensors or LEDs in clothing, thus creating wearable objects that not only attract attention, but can also be useful in everyday life, facilitating communication and interaction and bringing out their wearer’s individuality.
At the I-Machine Festival the Edith Russ Site for Media Art is presenting, in cooperation with the Netherlands Media Art Institute, a programme devoted to wearable technology. On display will be the creations of international designers and artists whose work is devoted to exploring the technical and aesthetic possibilities of wearable fashion and art. Besides exhibiting these “wearables” the programme also includes the live presentation of articles of clothing at various places in Oldenburg. The designers will also have a chance to talk about their work at two separate evenings.
Visitors will not only be able to view the creations, but to try on some of the “wearables” themselves. They will also be able to make their own “wearables” in specially provided workshops.
Curator: Susanne Jaschko, NIMk - Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam
Curated by: Susanne Jaschko, Sabine Himmelsbach