Exhibition co-organized in Linz (Austria) by Ecole des Arts Déco-PSL, University of the Arts Linz, Johannes Kepler University and the Swedish school of Textiles in the framework of the SOFTWEAR project as satellite event of EuroEAP, 10-12th of June 2025.
“When Soft Actuators Meet Textiles” is an initiative of the SOFTWEAR doctoral network organised in cooperation with the University of Arts Linz. Researchers, artists, designers and engineers have been invited to present their work at the intersection of soft actuators, wearables and textiles, aiming to foster an interdisciplinary arts–sciences dialogue on the topic. The occasion to discover about 16 exciting proposals where actuators soften and textiles acquire a behaviour.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Vivian Aubert, Carin Backe, Malou Beemer, Agustina Bello-Decurnex, Christina Bodenstein, Edwin Dertien, Laura Devendorf, Delia Dumitrescu, Jan van Erp, Louise Furie, Hanna Landin, Jose Gabriel Martinez, Matthew Gardiner, Emil Felix Jari Philogène Gravier, Li Guo, Jonas Hentschel, Michaela Honauer, Edwin Jager, Dasha Kolesnyk, Erin Lewis, Lingxiao Luo, Zhara Madani, Angelika Mader, Dennis Massar, Elizabeth Meiklejohn, Mithila Mohan, Marcos Montero Grande, Mikael Nyberg, Laisvie Andrea Ochoa Gaevska, Michael Padaritsch, Nils-Krister Persson, Ana Piñeyro, Irene Posch, Cédric Plesse, René Preuer, Abd Ul Qadeer, Birna van Riemsdijk, Kristian Rödby, Valentina Potnik, Pedro Silva, Maija Vaara, Jaana Vapaavuori Jean-Louis Viovy, Wouter Vos, Judith Weda, Linda Worbin, Rafal Ziembicki.
CURATORS:
Aurélie Mosse (Ecole des Arts Décoratifs – PSL)
Ingrid Graz (Johannes Kepler University)
Elke Bachlmair, Irene Posch (University of Arts Linz)
Nils-Krister Persson (Högskolan i Borås).
OPENING:
10. June 2025 18h-20h
WHERE:
University of Arts, Hauptplatz 6, 4020 Linz, Austria.
LINKS:
https://softmatters.ensadlab.fr/when-soft-actuators-meet-textiles-2025/
