Aniomagic - Collaborative Quilt workshop with Koiné

Collaborative quilt workshop with Koiné in Rio de Janeiro.
In early March 2010, we participated in a large exposition event There was a lot more happening at this olympiad, and the etextiles workshop was but a very small part. Get more pictures and movies of the Koiné space This activity was within the context of a huge biennial exposition with 60,000 participants and visitors (pretty exact numbers as they clocked everybody coming in). There were 4 pavilions, each the size of several football fields, and together, the pavilions hosted almost 300 different spaces with emphasis on everything from airplane building to fashion design; food preparation to medical equipment manufacturing, cosmetics to education.
Day 4
The 8x8 quilt of interactive patches.
Some members of Koiné that helped make it happen.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.] With the venue finally empty, here's a video of the finished interactive quilt.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.] Forming clay pieces and taking shots for a stop-motion film.
Claymation studio.
Relaxing a bit in the 'dog house' - a tiny, air-conditioned box. Of the four pavilions, only ours was non-conditioned, so we needed to build an enclosed cubicle. I must have lost 6 pints a day: it was 86F outdoors, and closer to 90F indoors.
The wasp that almost had its way with me last night. It makes a nice view under the microscope, no?
Day 3
João Paulo explaining etextiles much better than I can!
After a few more patches, the quilt is beginning to look pretty good, and attract a lot of attention. Each patch often has many authors, combining skills and styles.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.] A pleased collaborator adding her patch to the quilt.
Day 2
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.] We now have a few working patches. Since each one has a mimeolight, the quilt can be reprogrammed with a flashlight or by waving hands. Neat!

What I like about this type of work is its collaborative and distributed nature: some people sew, some decorate, some watch, some make suggestions, some iron. You see students, teachers and passers-by working and learning together.
30 minutes later, we can now add those patches. Each patch has strips of conductive fabric that makes contact with the power strips on the background canvas.
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]
We now have one finished patch, and several drying before we place them.
Day 1
Laying down strips of conductive fabric, after it has been cut and treated with iron-on adhesive.
Prepping the background canvas.
Explaining what we're all going to do in this space.
The different project tables in the Koiné space: etextiles, stop motion clay animation (with stage and cameras), music composition, graphic design, etc.