Prof. Dr. Berit Greinke & Philipp Gschwendter
Crafting Textile Data
Workshop, English/Deutsch, 2 SWS, 2 ECTS
Thursdays, 10 – 12 h, starts 24.04.2025, Strasse des 17. Juni 118, room 206

Registration on Moodle starts on 14.4.2025: https://moodle.udk-berlin.de/moodle/course/view.php?id=2672
Enrollment Key: arduino

This seminar provides an introduction to electronic textiles and data processing using Arduino IDE. Sessions on conductive materials, textile sensors, reading and mapping sensor data, and output control will provide you with a basis to investigate these technologies within your own creative practice. Our approach will be hands-on, exploring aesthetics and function through materials and crafting.
The seminar is aimed at students who are interested and have some experience in textile techniques (e.g. weaving, knitting, screen-printing, embroidery, or similar), while being curious about creative digital technology and art/tech interdisciplinary inquiry. No previous knowledge in electronics and programming required, but commitment and self-motivated learning is crucial.

Prerequisites for Participation: interest and some experience in textile techniques (e.g. weaving, knitting, embroidery, or similar). Working on own laptop.

Fulfilment criteria for ungraded accreditation: Active and consistent participation, Presentation of final collection of experiments.

Berit Greinke is a professor in Wearable Computing at Berlin University of the Arts and Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF). Her research and teaching focus on engineering design methods and fabrication techniques for electronic textiles and smart materials, combining crafts with novel manufacturing technologies. More information on www.wearablecomputing.udk-berlin.de.

Philipp Gschwendter works in the fields of Media Theory, Technology, and Art to reflect on human relationships to technology on conscious and affective levels. With a background in Media Technology (B.Sc.) and Design & Computation (M.A.) – a transdisciplinary program offered jointly by TU and UdK Berlin – he has developed expertise at the intersection of various academic fields and methodologies. His experience includes collaborating with the Wearable Computing group on the Interwoven Sound Spaces project and teaching the Wearing Sound course. Currently, he is a design researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).