A UCL / Horniman Museum Workshop funded by the Pasold Fund for Textile Research

Venue: The Horniman Museum Education Room
Saturday 23rd September 2006

1000 REGISTRATION – TEA / COFFEE

1030 Welcome by Dr Hassan Arero, Keeper of Anthropology, Horniman Museum

1040 Short Introduction by Dr Kaori O’Connor (University College London)

1045 Dr Graeme Were (University College London)
Technologies of the Thread: Why Crochet works in Tonga

1115 Professor Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen)
Transformations of the Line: Traces, Threads & Surfaces

1145 Dr Hinke Osinga & Professor Bernd Krauskopf (University of Bristol)
Visualising Chaotic Dynamics by Crochet

1215 Rachael Matthews (Cast Off Knitting Club for Boys and Girls)
About Cast Off

1230 Discussion

1300 LUNCH BREAK

1400 Sandy Black (London College of Fashion)
Interrogating New Textiles

1430 Dr Max Carocci (Goldsmiths College London)
Textiles of Healing: Native American AIDS Quilts

1500 Professor Susanne Küchler (University College London)
Material Embeddings of Technology & the New Face of Innovation

1530 COFFEE / TEA BREAK

1545 Dr Kaori O’Connor (University College London)
Two T-shirts: the Lifeshirt, Medical Charity T-shirts and the Way People Think about the New Smart Textiles

1615 Dinah Eastop (Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester School of Art)
Summing Up and Discussion

1645 WINE RECEPTION

We are pleased to announce that the performance knitting group Cast Off will be performing in the Horniman Museum from 1.30pm – 3.30pm to coincide with the workshop.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2006 10am - 5pm

THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM, 100 LONDON RD, FOREST HILL, LONDON SE23 3PQ

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REGISTRATION REQUIRED

CONTACT >>> Graeme Were @ UCL

FEES £10 / £5 (students) includes lunch/drinks

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