A collaboration with Frederica Vieira Campos and Henrik Ferrara
Part TWO of the Living Bridges project: Hacking the Brother 950i is exploring open source AYAB knitting where a long durations performance by Frederica Vieira Campos playing the analogue Harp translates into knitted works on the domestic Brother 950i knitting machine in real time. The knitting machine will through a repetitive hand gesture generate knitted works. Although the patterns and colours will be programmed beforehand, the performance will progress organically. As we build a relationship between sound and textiles as a time based media we are also pushing the boundaries of textiles as a performative and interactive discipline. Living Bridges explores sounds generated from the harp but also from the knitting machine that will in nature inform one and other. As we build a relationship between sound and textiles as a time based media we are also pushing the boundaries of textiles as a performative and interactive discipline, Living Bridges explores the analogue versus the digital in new and novel ways as we strive to cross pollinate Textiles, Music and Computational Arts.