[CART360] Fwd: [V2_info_int] V2_ Workshop Wearable Technology: Call for Participation

[Vincent Leclerc]

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 *Workshop: DIY Wearable Technology, by KOBAKANT*

Call for participation
May 16-17, 2009.
Deadline for applications is May 3.
Location: V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

During the weekend of May 16 and 17, Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson
(aka KOBAKANT) will give a workshop on DIY wearable technology. The outcome
of the workshop will be demonstrated during *Test_Lab: Fashionable
Technology* on May 20 (20-23h).


Piano hack by KOBAKANT

KOBAKANT explores the realm of wearable technology as a medium for
commenting on technological and social aspects. For them, technology is to
be hacked and modified by everyone to fit the needs and desires of the user.

V2_Lab will organize a wearable technology workshop with an emphasis on DIY
techniques and performing arts. The aim of the workshop is to provide
participants with hands-on experience on DIY wearable technology. The
outcome of the workshop will be workingprototypes, which will be
demonstrated by means of a short performance during Test_Lab.The
participants will partake inhands-on sessions that involve both conceptual
as well astechnical development. Developers from both V2_Lab and KOBAKANT
are available for assistance throughout the workshop.

The workshop is open to students and professionals in the fields of art,
design, and engineering. Although anyone with an interest in wearable
technology and basic knowledge of electronics or of sewing is welcome to
join, we especially encourage people with an expertise in fashion design,
technology in performance arts, and/or wearable technology engineering to
sign up.

Participants are invited to demonstrate the workshop outcome during
Test_Lab: Fashionable Technology on May 20, in which various renowned
artists will also demonstrate their wearable technology projects and where
the technologies’ social consequences will be discussed by professionals in
the field.

The number of participants to the workshop is limited. The fee for
participation is €50,- (to be paid before the workshop). This includes
coffee, lunch and materials but no accommodation. Please use the
attached application
form <http://files.v2.nl/portal/Application_Form_KOBAKANT.rtf>. Deadline for
applications is May 3.

For more information about the workshop, please contact Piem Wirtz
M: piem at v2.nl
T: +31 (0)10 2067273
www.v2.nl
www.kobakant.at


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