From treadles to mouse clicks The digital development of looms has a longer history than 3D printing with clay. In 1802, Joseph Marie Jacquard patented a control system for looms based on punched cards, and in 1808, the jacquard loom was a reality. In 1968, IBM presented the first jacquard loom linked directly to […]
[…] Parties for the District Court in Aarhus, Denmark by the Danish-British artist duo benandsebastian. It is a permanent art project that takes a narrative approach to the history, architecture and identity of the building. The other is a slightly earlier project, based in Norway: Future Library from 2014 by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson. […]
Anders V. Munch, dr.phil., ph.d., cand.mag. in history of ideas and art history
[…] and ones expressed in punched cards. Harness: the part of the Jacquard loom that hangs above the loom and connects the warp threads to the system of punched cards. Reference for the description of the Jacquard loom: The golden thread: How fabric changed history by Kassia St. Clair, pp. 7–8. John Murray Publishers, 2018.
[…] artistic practices but also in the discussion of theoretical topics at art schools and art academies and in cultural studies at universities, such as anthropology and art history. The field of Material Culture Studies is generating a growing number of papers and books, and neomaterialism has become an established concept to describe current trends. […]
Powerful energy and shared rhythm in the works In other words, this is a somewhat neglected but important piece of design history that is finally being given ample space here, and the museum has specially procured objects by the Danish artists who participated in the world exhibition. In the exhibition's display cases, statuettes by […]
[…] have the opportunity to experience seaweed as the super interesting growth that it is, which functions in different ways than plants, and which has both an interesting history closely linked to the beginnings of all plant life, and that it is in this way a very basic and important ‘being’ that we cannot see […]
[…] it,' says Alberte Svendsen, as we've risen from the sofa and stood by her workbench. She demonstrates how she works with the straws. 'So, this is the history you stand on the shoulders of,' she says. She grabs a straw, splits it, and smoothens it out with a bone folder. In reality, she's quite […]
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[…] several thousands of years under its belt, the Copenhagen Goldsmiths' Guild can boast of being one of the world's oldest craft guilds with nearly 600 years of history. The guild was established in 1429, back then more as a political organization than today, where the association describes itself as a professional, festive, and philanthropic […]
[…] market truly values design and craftwork, so there's room to talk about the process behind the finished pieces, materials, or ideas. My pieces carry a lot of history, which is why it's important for me to be able to convey the concept in the techniques I use and the idea behind it. I can […]