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Transmediating Sky Blanket: tensions with a digital jacquard loom

Year: 2023

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This pictorial presents an ongoing collaboration between a Haida/Kwakwaka'wakw/Irish artist and a multi-disciplinary team of settler researchers around Sky Blanket, a hybrid Yeil Koowu (Raven's Tail) and Naaxiin (Chilkat) style woven robe. We elaborate on our collaborative commitments that include a focus on materiality and particular team dynamics. We report on three frictions we experienced while working on a TC2 jacquard loom: the translation of weaving patterns from one production technique to another, working within the material limitations of the loom, and the design of a woven box that allowed us to articulate differing perspectives on failures. In our discussion, we argue that these material encounters are a way for design and creation research to work through tensions at play between digital technologies, artistic practices, and cultural continuities.

Source: Designing Interactive Systems Conference

DOI: 10.1145/3563657.3595965

Authors: Doenja Oogjes, Meghann O'Brien, Hannah Turner, Kate Hennessy, Reese Muntean, Melanie Camman

Institutions: Eindhoven University of Technology, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Language: English

Topic: Art, Technology, and Culture

Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

OpenAlex ID: W4383679916

FWCI: 27.2

Cites: 50

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10