This arts-based research project is carried out by the core team consisting of Karin Altmann and Nana Opoku aka. AFROSCOPE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their collaboration, they intertwine analogue and digital processes, connect textile craftsmanship skills with post-industrial digital production, the material with the virtual, concrete design processes with conceptual speculation, while at the same time bridging long distances and different cultures in order to stimulate a vibrant and open culture of dialogue, and to strengthen research collaborations between the Global South and North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
is an Austrian artist, researcher, art mediator and a senior lecturer at the Department of Textile Arts, University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she teaches dyeing with natural dyes, textile printing, textile production fields, and participatory formats. Besides, she has been developing and participating in a series of transcultural projects with international partners from Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Japan, Mali and Ghana, and also in art projects with children, people with disabilities, refugees, and women in psychological or social need. As both an artist and researcher, her interests are the practical and theoretical exploration and development of the textile element as a specific mediality, with regard to its appearance and significance in art, culture and society, but also to its potential as networking model. She considers textiles as a dynamic, widely distributed element within our material culture, while theory and practise always relate to and deepen each other. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n has been practicing as a creative professional for over decade, working as a multidisciplinary artist and designer, and as a social entrepreneur. In his work he explores a range of themes including decolonisation, oneness, information overload, and most recently the concept of deep adaptation. He engages with these topics in very experimental and speculative ways, and utilizes both digital technologies and traditional analogue mediums in his process. Community and collaboration are also core aspects of his practice: He is a part of various creative teams and cultural organisations, and also works closely with indigenous artisans across Ghana. He has also worked with brands like Apple and Adobe, and has cofounded impact organisations such as House of Stole and Cocoa360. AFROSCOPE represented Ghana at the Venice Biennale in 2022, and has shown work at 1:54 London, Art Dubai, and in several other exhibitions as well. LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This arts-based research project is carried out by the core team consisting of Karin Altmann and Nana Opoku aka. AFROSCOPE. In their collaboration, they intertwine analogue and digital processes, connect textile craftsmanship skills with post-industrial digital production, the material with the virtual, concrete design processes with conceptual speculation, while at the same time bridging long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-165","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Nana Isaac Opoku aka. AFROSCOPE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n