Notes from a session held at the Luminous Green Retreat, 29th of April 2007
Oliver Lowenstein and Pix
helena hetenen (sp?)
rediscovering (almost) “lost knowledge”
how to not lose things?
craft as contemporary and exciting
crossover between lace / architecture
Make / Craft magazines. DIY culture, trendy knitting, increasing
Roy Ascott (sp?) - do what is not easy (getting new media artists to do something physical)
Computer (the object)
work practices
physical world gives more direct feedback
some professions “require” computer use
responsive technology
computers as symbol of urban. and urban vs rural.
networked rural (connection rural and urban)
networked vinyard
slow…
automation hides knowledge where to draw the line?
“abstracting craft” malcolm mculloch (sp?)
“the hand” frank …? evolution of the hand
scientific (method) vs spirituality. when did this diverge?