Schedule

INTO THE FOLDS ~ May 23-24

SLOW CLOTHES ~ May 25

*all events will take place at the Société des arts technologiques, 1197 St. Laurent (below Ste. Catherine before René Levesque)

* the event asks for continued participation through all activities except the keynote and early-bird yoga sessions

* Erin cell phone: 514-691-9145

MAY 22 arrivals	Many of us will likely be working in the SAT space, so feel free to come and hang out! Just ring the doorbell and go to the back of the space to Art & D and peak in.
MAY 22 – 7pm	Steven Shaviro – keynote on Whitehead and Deleuze
May 23 – 9am (pre-event – come if you want! – coffee available for those who don’t do the yoga)	Yoga (with Gwendolyn Alker)
May 23 – 9:45 am	Introductions
May 23 – 10am	Relational Movement 1 (with Erin Manning and Mireille Painchaud)
May 23 – 12-1:30pm	LUNCH – provided
May 23 – 1:00	Rebel Clown Army Games (Micha Cardenas)
May 23 – 1:30	Concept Building 1 (with Brian Massumi, Erin Manning, Steven Shaviro) From Preacceleration to Inflexion
May 23 – 3:30	Nibble Break
May 23 – 4pm	Relational Movement 2 (with Sher Doruff)
May 24 – 9 am (pre-event)	Yoga (with Gwendolyn Alker)
May 24 – 10 am	Conceptual Speed Dating
May 24 – 10:45 am	Concept Pods
May 24 – 12:00	LUNCH - provided

May 24 – 1:30	Relational Movement 3 (with Erin Manning and Mireille Painchaud)
May 24 – 3:30	Concept Building 2 (with Brian Massumi, Erin Manning, Steven Shaviro) From the Interval to the Fold
May 24 – 5:00	Pods 2: How to create a platform for relation?
May 25 -	Pods 2 continued (this is open but feel free to use the space to continue to conceptualize and create your relational platform)
May 25 – 2-5pm	Slow Clothes

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PRESS RELEASE

for immediate release

The Sense Lab presents:

Slow Clothes

a performance/installation event ~ Sunday May 25 2008, 2-5 pm

1197 St. Laurent, Société des arts technologiques, Art & D

Slow Clothes is a performance installation, a movement experiment, a fabric collection and an experience of tactility. It is a participatory event: people are invited to compose with fabric, to dress themselves, to move through the space, to eat and drink, to create mobile environmental platforms.

Slow Clothes is based on a fabric collection entitled Folds to Infinity. Fold to Infinity is composed of cut and serged pieces of infinitely connectable fabric (connectable through magnets, buttons, hooks, buttonholes, snaps).

The design of Folds to Infinity challenges:

1. the idea that clothing fits a pre-defined shape;

2. that clothing design must be modular with pieces patterned for standard assembly;

3. that clothing relates primarily to the individual body rather than relating the individual body to those around it and to their shared environment.

The complex connectivity and the relational environment of Slow Clothes transforms fashion from a passive fitting to an active composition.

Concept and Collection: Erin Manning

Mobile Architecture: Erin Manning, Jon Yu

Lighting: Troy Rhoades

Thanks to: The Sense Lab, Art & D

Contact: emanning@alcor.concordia.ca ; 514-313-9145

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COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE

pour diffusion immédiate

Le LaboSens présente

Slow Clothes

Une performance/installation ~ Dimanche 25 Mai 2008, 14h-17h

1197 St. Laurent, Société des arts technologiques, Art & D

Slow Clothes est une performance/installation, une expérimentation de mouvement, une collection de tissus et une expérience du toucher. C’est un évènement participatif : les gens sont invités à composer avec les tissus, à s’habiller, à bouger dans l’espace, à boire et manger, à créer des plateformes mobiles environnementales.

Slow Clothes est créé autour d’une collection intitulée Plis à l’infini. Plis à l’infini se compose de coupes de tissus capables d’être infiniment reliés (à l’aide d’aimants, de boutons, de boutonnières etc.).

Plis à l’infini remet en question:

1. l’idée que les vêtements dépendent d’un corps pré-défini (une forme, une grandeur)

2. que le design de vêtements doit être modulaire

3. que les vêtements sont confiés seulement à un individu au lieu de créer une relation entre l’individu et l’environnement.

La connectivité complexe et son environnement relationnel de Slow Clothes transforme la mode d’un modèle passif à une composition active.

Concept and Collection: Erin Manning

Mobile Architecture: Erin Manning, Jon Yu

Lighting: Troy Rhoades

Thanks to: The Sense Lab, Art & D

Contact: emanning@alcor.concordia.ca ; 514-313-9145