HOMO TEXTOR C O N F E R E N C E This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovaon programme under grant agree- ment No 682711. HOMO TEXTOR CONFERENCE Weaving as technical mode of existence. The tle of this conference, homo textor, refers to three dimensions of humans where weaving (texere in Lan) is at stake. First of all, texle producon is one of the oldest technologies and constuted the exchange of homo sapiens with the world longer than any other craſt. The tle (and the featured image) also alludes to the fact that the human body and brain both consist of connected fibres. Furthermore, recent studies in ethnol- ogy and anthropology suggest that the concept of weav- ing stands in for the inner connecon of sociees and their proper relaon to the world, today all pervasive in the idea of the world-wide web. Understanding weaving as a mode of existence means to look at the logic and pracce of paerns and weaving as a generic principle that is able to structure a whole community, its art and knowledge, and its way to think about nature and the cosmos. HOMO TEXTOR will be a conference rethinking ancient weaving and paern technologies as paradigms for order in ancient Greece and exploring ancient weaving as a technē at the juncon of art, craſt and technology. We want to address ways in which the disncve logic of weaving and its paerns shapes early Greek modes of thinking about order in a range of domains. In order to show that the binary structure of paerns sll provides ample possibilies beyond the mere texle domain, we will also have sessions and short performances of contemporary digital examples. We approach the topic from the perspecve of various disciplines (philology, ethnology, mathemacs, art, computer science) along four main topics: ▪ Weaving as Order in Ancient Greece ▪ The Texle Producon of Weaving and Song ▪ The Texle Producon of Knowledge and Science ▪ Paern Machines: Alternave Histories Registraon: [email protected]penelope.hypotheses.org 17th and 18th September 2019 Kerschensteiner Kolleg of Deutsches Museum, Munich U U ISARTOR KERSCHENSTEINER DEUTSCHES MUSEUM MUNICH CENTRE ROSENHEIMER PLATZ
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HOMOTEXTOR
C O N F E R E N C E
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agree-ment No 682711.
HOMO TEXTOR CONFERENCE Weaving as technical mode of existence.
Thetitleofthisconference,homo textor,referstothreedimensionsofhumanswhereweaving(texereinLatin)isatstake.Firstofall,textileproductionisoneoftheoldesttechnologiesandconstitutedtheexchangeofhomo sapiens with the world longer than any other craft.Thetitle(andthefeaturedimage)alsoalludestothe fact that the human body and brain both consist of connectedfibres.Furthermore,recentstudiesinethnol-ogy and anthropology suggest that the concept of weav-ingstandsinfortheinnerconnectionofsocietiesandtheirproperrelationtotheworld,todayallpervasiveinthe idea of the world-wide web.
Understanding weaving as a mode of existence means tolookatthelogicandpracticeofpatternsandweavingas a generic principle that is able to structure a whole community,itsartandknowledge,anditswaytothinkabout nature and the cosmos.
HOMO TEXTOR will be a conference rethinking ancient weavingandpatterntechnologiesasparadigmsfororder in ancient Greece and exploring ancient weaving as a technē atthejunctionofart,craftandtechnology.WewanttoaddresswaysinwhichthedistinctivelogicofweavinganditspatternsshapesearlyGreekmodesofthinking about order in a range of domains. In order to showthatthebinarystructureofpatternsstillprovidesamplepossibilitiesbeyondthemeretextiledomain,we will also have sessions and short performances of contemporary digital examples.
Weapproachthetopicfromtheperspectiveofvariousdisciplines(philology,ethnology,mathematics,art, computer science) along four main topics: