Metabolic Network Sensory Workshop

Within the context of "Expanding Bodies" ACADIA 2007 conference, there are several workshops going on. I am looking forward to participate on "This two-day workshop, on the theme of “Metabolic Network”, brings together five researchers working in the area of electronic sensing in art and design, with a special focus on textiles and architectural-scale applications. The network will be a large installation made from a field of suspended fibers that have different properties: such as elasticity, conductivity, dissolvability, or luminosity. By joining the fibers together, a field of possibilities open up and patterns within the field emerge. The use of sensors and actuators, both electronic and mechanical, will provide dynamic and responsive features in the network. The result will be a metabolic network that emerges, acts and self-destructs over the course of the two-day period."
Workshop leaders are:
Philip Beesley
http://www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com/
Carole Collet
http://carolecollet.com/
http://www.arts-of-fashion.org/af%202005/bio%20Carole.htm
Mette Ramsgard Thomsen
http://cita.karch.dk/citapeople_mrt.html
Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl
http://www.loop.ph/

The cost of the workshop is $60.00 or $20.00 for students. Cost includes a workshop lunch and refreshments. To participate contact Jordan Winters at:
Acadia07workshops@dal.ca