[Reflection] Lecture with Ebru Kurbak & Irene Posch

The Knitted Radio @ Eyebeam

I was very inspried by Irene and Ebru’s lecture on innovative use of technology in art. Particularly on the subject they choose – the clothes in which Ebru described it as an entity between the bodily self and the environment. It is interesting to see that technology itself, which was created in the first place to serve people’s need (functional) can be integrated with aesthetic responses. Instead of looking at a painting on the wall feeling distant, new media allows more physical interaction and the subject matter derives from the mundane making the art piece more accessible.

The other thing I find inspiring is the collaboration between Irene and Ebru. While Ebru comes from a more traditional artist background she was able to work with Irene, who has the more technical engineering background to create these pieces that may be produced commercially yet bares such strong critical message.