Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A conversation with Maggie Orth and Joel Kollin in Seattle tomorrow (August 1, 2007)
If you’re in Seattle, Washington tomorrow night, the McLeod Residence art gallery is hosting an event with Maggie Orth (International Fashion Machines) and Joel Kollin.
Maggie Orth is an artist, technologist, and entrepreneur who creates and invents interactive and electronic textiles. Orth is considered a pioneer in the emerging field of electronic textiles, interactive fashions, wearable computing, and interface design. Her groundbreaking work in electronic textiles has been published and exhibited in a range of venues worldwide.
Joel S. Kollin is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media. Contextures is his series of work that engages the viewer’s visual system by challenging its ability to form a stable image.