Exhibition 31 May 2010 - 24 June 2010 11:00-16:00
Location: Nutshuis Riviervismarkt 5 Den Haag
Free Entry

If you're in the Netherlands be sure not to miss the exhibition Pretty Smart Textiles, opening the 27th of May in the Nutshuis in the Hague. The exhibition brings together for the first time e-textiles made by young artists and designers in the Netherlands.

EXHIBITION OPENING
THURSDAY
27 MAY
19:00-24:00

The opening is going to be a real exciting evening, starting off with a lecture by Piem Wirtz from V2_ at 19:00. In this lecture Piem Wirtz will sketch the breadth of the field of electronic textiles and will raise a number of critical questions. Hopefully we'll have a nice discussion on use and uselessness, and the future of wearables.

At 20.00 Fashioning Technology's own Syuzi Pakhchyan will officially open the exhibition with TeleScissors, a new installation by artist Joachim Rotteveel. These networked scissors will give Syuzi a physical presence in the exhibition where she will cut the official ribbon using her pair of scissors in Los Angeles. The evening will also include a performance of Hysterical Bubble, a new socio-critical work by Anja Hertenberger. A new film on wearables by experimental video artist Farah Rahman will be shown in the bank safe-turned-theatre and music will played by the fabulous dj Wappie Kong.

I will cover some of the works you haven't seen yet on this blog in the coming days, but if you can't wait,
check out the pictures of the works below. More information can be found on the website prettysmarttextiles.com

Intimacy by Daan Roosegaarde and Maartje Dijkstra

Apology Helmet and Greetometer by Meg Grant

CircuitDress by Nicky Assmann

Conductive Tradition by Dorith Sjardijn

Media Vintage - including the conductive braille tapestery by Melissa Coleman

Human Antenna by Florian Kräutli

Hysterical Bubble by Anja Hertenberger

Fragilis 2.0 by Aduen Darriba and Anouk Wipprecht

Body Speaker by Karina van Heck

Clear View by Evelyn Lebis

Swipe by Mark Kwikkers

Skôn by Paula Kassenaar and Paula Segura Meccia

A moving patchwork sample by Heike Sperber

A conductive spun wool sample by Charlotte ‘t Hart

Embroidery sample by Anja Hertenberger

Embroidery sample by Anja Hertenberger

Beaded leds sample by Meg Grant

Sound sweater by Marina Venendaal

The exhibition is an initiative of Stichting Villanuts, and is curated by Melissa Coleman and Dorith Sjardijn.
Flyer design: Celia Hadeler