Extreme TrackingStitch and Switch: Open Source Embroidery
Ξ May 8th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ CCS, events, open source, html |
Jenna Ng sends us the following announcement about an event that considers the threads between the handicraft of needlework and the patchwork of Open Source coding. We look forward to a report from Jenna on the exhibit.
Open Source Embroidery: Craft and Code at HTTP Gallery
An exhibition facilitated by Ele CarpenterPreview Friday 16th May 6-9pm
17th May 15th June 2008
Open Fridays to Sunday 12-5pm
http://www.http.uk.net/This exhibition explores the connections between the collaborative characteristics of needlework, craft and Open Source software. This project has brought together embroiderers, patch-workers, knitters, artists and computer programmers, to share their practice and make new work.
The centre-piece of the exhibition at HTTP Gallery is the HTML Patchwork developed in response to the popularity of quilting in Sheffield, the result of a participatory project initiated by Ele Carpenter in partnership with Access Space. The patchwork is built on open principles of collective production and skill-share where each person contributes a part to the whole. The final work is a collectively stitched patchwork quilt of HTML web-safe colours with embroidered codes, and a wiki website, where the makers of each patch identify themselves and write about their sewing process. Each patch is personalised by the sewer, often including embroidered web addresses.
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