Event Details
“When Soft Actuators Meet Textiles” is an initiative of the SOFTWEAR doctoral network, organized in cooperation with Linz University of the Arts. Researchers, artists, designers and engineers were invited to present their work at the intersection of soft actuators, connected objects and textiles, with the aim of fostering an interdisciplinary dialogue between the arts and sciences on the subject. The opportunity to discover 16 exciting proposals where actuators become flexible and textiles acquire behavior.
Opening June 10, 2025 6-8 pm
Venue University of the Arts, Hauptplatz 6, 4020 Linz, Austria.
Exhibitors: Vivian Aubert, Carin Backe, Malou Beemer, Agustina Bello-Decurnex, Christina Bodenstein, Edwin Dertien, Laura Devendorf, Delia Dumitrescu, Jan van Erp, Louise Furie, Jose Gabriel Martinez, Matthew Gardiner, Li Guo, Edwin Jager, Dasha Kolesnyk, Lingxiao Luo, Angelika Mader, Elizabeth Meiklejohn, Michael Padaritsch, Nils-Krister Persson, Ana Piñeyro, Irene Posch, Cédric Plesse, René Preuer, Abd Ul Qadeer, Birna van Riemsdijk, Valentina Potnik, Jean-Louis Viovy, Wouter Vos, Judith Weda, Rafal Ziembicki.
Exhibition chairs Aurélie Mosse (Ecole des Arts Décoratifs – PSL), Ingrid Graz (Johannes Kepler University), Elke Bachlmair, Irene Posch (University of the Arts Linz), Nils-Krister Persson (Högskolan i Borås).
Support This exhibition has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 MSCA-DN program (Grant agreement n° 101072920) and from the University of the Arts Linz.
Further details: https://softmatters.ensadlab.fr/when-soft-actuators-meet-textiles-2025/ and https://softmatters.ensadlab.fr/when-soft-actuators-meet-textiles-2025/
