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== Touch ==  
 
== Touch ==  
• Touch as mediation (the act).  
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• Touch as mediation (the inter-act-ion).
 
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== Site ==  
 
== Site ==  

Revision as of 17:21, 24 April 2010

“Adam and Eve were undoubtedly our first customers for textiles. The moment they discarded their fig leaf, there was created an immediate market for textile garments” (Blum 4).








Short History: Joseph-Marie Jacquard and His Weaving Automaton

Description of parts and how it works as a weaving medium:


Skin

• Skin (micro, medium)


Touch

• Touch as mediation (the inter-act-ion).

Site

• Site (the macro, container): Performance, text and structure


Self Portrait of Chuck Close on tapestry from a mechanized Jacquard loom, Magnolia Editions