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Challenging contrasts in shapes and colour

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Matthew Nazarian, Parmida Asiaban, Exhibition Overview,2024.

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Video 1. Maya Chaudhary, Claire Grenier, Anna Tran, Exhibition Overview, 2024. (Videographer: Anna Tran).

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11TxJ6FbfB3HH6-zLiBhctuQTmcLsK07YNWq8lDUVRYw/edit

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Ebakõla/Dissonance, 2024 - Final Presentation 

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Ebakõla/Dissonance, 2024 - Final Presentation 

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Memory Traps: Illusions of the Past

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https://www.canva.com/design/DAGNug-gcy8/DWZGldzv6jYuWbQa2Oh2cw/view?utm_content=DAGNug-gcy8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

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Check out this Presentation designed by Claire Grenier.

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Blooming Bosom final presentation_Riina Õun

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Checkn 2 - Group 6

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Mood, mis tunneb! Fashion that feels! Seminar.

Time: 16:00-17:30

Location: A-501, EKA

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1122747392155215

Seminar on tasuta ja kõik teretulnud, aga palun andke enda tulekust teada / The seminar is public and free, but please Save your seat: kristi.kuusk@artun.ee

Räägime moest, mis vaatab visuaalist ja väljanägemisest kaugemale, mis tegeleb sellega, kuidas kandja end tunneb ja kuidas rõivas tema eest hoolitseda saab.

Esinejad / Speakers:

dr. Julia Valle Noronha, Assistant Professor in Fashion Design, Aalto University, Fashion Design: Fashion beyond visual aesthetics

Maureen Selina Laverty, doctoral student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Sensory Nourishment: Symphonious neurodivergent clothing experiences

dr. Kristi Kuusk, Senior Researcher, Estonian Academy of Arts, Sensorial Design: Sensorial Fashion: Caring clothing that feels, not just looks

Performance: Hsuan-Hsiu Hung (Movement artist): Moving Awareables

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EKA X OCAD

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12.08 Monday

09:00 – 12:15 Introductions

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break (ideation within groups)

14:15 – 17:30 workshop1: Weaving TC1/ workshop2: VR Lab

13.08 Tuesday

09:00 – 12:15 workshop3: Prototyping Lab/workshop4: E-textile Lab

12:30 – 14:00 workshop 1 /Lunch break (ideation)

14:15 – 17:30 workshop1: Weaving TC1/ workshop2: VR Lab

14.08 Wednesday

09:00 – 10:30 check-in

10:45 – 14:00 workshop5: Leather accessories/ workshop6: Ceramics

14:15 – 15:45 check-out

16:00 – 17:30 Independent group work

15.08 Thursday

9-17.30 Independent group work

16.08 Friday

09:00 – 10:30 check-in

10:45 – 14:00 Independent group work

14:15 – 15:45 Check-out

16:00 – 17:30 Sensorial Fashion seminar (optional) / or Independent group work

19.08 Monday

9-10.30 check-in

10:45-15:45 Independent group work

16-17.30 check-out

20.08 Tuesday

HOLIDAY: Independence Restoration Day in Estonia

21.08 Wednesday

09:00-14:00 Independent group work

14:00-17.00 Check-in-out (Põhjala)

Register time for your team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WsP1Zu-PRb4LvS96vbIqsgqKMtqn0Hl3T-mWGDsMc-k/edit?gid=0#gid=0

22.08 Thursday

9-12:15 Independent group work

12.30-15.45 Check-in-out (EKA)

16-17:30 Independent group work

23.08 Friday

9-15.45 Independent installation work (EKA/Põhjala)

NB! Make sure you have 4 check-in's + final presentation uploaded!

16-17:30/19.15 Publick Demo & exhibition (Põhjala)

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Hi everyone, here's the Facebook event link of our public exhibit, start inviting your friends and family! Let's all make it big, fun and happening :)

Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/853017580090179?

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Hi everyone, a lot of you have been asking to create a Residency WhatsApp group, here's the link to the group you can join in: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IoZKyHiiaceBpuc6uYSCJI

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Wifi: EKA pass: akadeemia

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Co-Design Workshop Template 2 - Brainstorm

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Co-Design Workshop Template 2 - Brainstorm

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Hello everyone, my name is Dasha and I am a handicraft artist. I specialize in working with textiles and also do some illustration. I have a deep respect for women and try to understand and express them in my work.

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Hello (or tere) to all!

My name is Claire Grenier and I am a mixed Métis and settler scholar from the Niagara Region. Currently, I am pursuing an MFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practice at OCADu. My research interests surround archives, repatriation, museum structures, and different ways of knowing. In terms of art, my speciality is using collage (or other visual mediums - I'm always interested in experimenting!) as a way of translating/playing with theoretical concepts. I describe my work as "arts and crafts academia," or, more professionally, research creation.

For example, here is a work I just finished for an upcoming art show on the "symbiocene."

Environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht came up with this term as a rebuke to the anthropocene and the capitalocene. Given that each of these terms describe a societal state of being, I was reminded of Bosch's triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. This work of mine, called The Delights of the Symbiocene, is also in three parts as an homage to him. In representing the capitalocene, symbiocene, and anthropocene, I sought to give each panel a distinct visual identity while still retaining harmony and continuity through the collage by using some of the same source materials in each section. I wanted to focus on Glenn Albrecht's argument that, while we have the tools to move into a symbiocene and know that it could save our earth, we have yet to internalize the "interconnectedness of life and all living things."

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Hello! I'm Pille, a graduate of the Estonian Academy of Arts (BA in Fine Arts, Graphic Art, 2021). Currently, I work as a team lead and creative strategist at a digital media agency. My current artistic mediums include analogue photography, clay, textiles, and creative writing, although I constantly explore new materials and techniques. I am particularly interested in combining soft and hard materials to highlight the contrasts they create.

My art often begins with a memory, dream, or feeling—something that longs to be expressed in a different form. My practice is driven by interpreting my experiences and capturing the intersections of different worlds. I am guided by signs and frequently create new sign systems, often subtle and perceptible only as associations.

I am fascinated by myths, mysticism, languages, geology, and human interactions. The Anthropocene and human-induced geological processes have been significant themes in my work. The pieces presented here reflect that period of my artistic journey.

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Hi everyone! I'm Nina, textiles student in the Material Art and Design program at OCADU. I just recently completed my thesis "Within the web the herd hears their calling". The piece in the image is called "truth is found in trust". It's wool and linen dyed with marigold, indigo and iron, formed with cornstarch.

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Hi everyone! I am Emilya, but I also go by Mia. I am currently at OCAD completing my Bachelor's of Design with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Photography. I have also recently completed a residency at the New York Academy of Art, focusing on classical figurative drawing, painting, and sculpting.

As an artist, I explore diverse creative expressions, experimenting across various mediums from drawing and painting to coding, animation, and photography. Integrating traditional and digital elements, my work reflects a blend of fine arts practices and my studies in design. Rooted in storytelling and the expression of emotions, my art draws from personal experiences, reflecting themes of femininity, mental health, connections to nature, and identity.

I have included a photo of my work: "The Life of a Shirt." It is a photography series showcasing the upcycling of a shirt through embroidery. The cyclical series of digital photographs were transferred onto fabric and embroidered with flowers as an installation at OCAD U. This is part of my practice that I really love—incorporating different mediums and playing with the digital and analogue together to tell a story.

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Hi everyone my name is Tae.

I'm in the 4th year Sculpture/Installation undergraduate program in OCAD. A lot of my work combines different kinds of mediums like installations, graphic design, 3D design, fashion design and interactive media.

One of the recent projects I created was a prototype of a modular outfit which can be "designed" by the wearer and be customized by attaching different parts by the wearer.

The work was shown by allowing viewers to design a modular shirt. The shirt had two elements: multiple stitched loops and a long elastic cord. Viewers were able to loop the elastic cords to create different kinds of shapes, silhouettes and patterns.

After the design the viewer/designer was able to wear it and I 3D scanned them using my phone. This created a quick 3D model, which was able to be seen through AR (augmented reality). This was all done through the device everyone carries with them everyday, our phone. If viewers used an iPhone I was able to simply send them the file and the viewers were able to keep and view the 3D model without the need for any app.

I am really excited to learn new things and work together with other people to create new amazing work!

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Hi everyone, I'm Byori—I just completed my thesis year and project in Material Art and Design (jewellery) at OCADU, "Looking to See, Seeing to Know", which focused on the inherent materiality of craft media and their applications (jewellery/copper-smithing/ceramics, mixed media) as methods of communication and meditation, manifested in a series of talismanic craft objects.

This piece is titled, Nest (Stoneware, copper, sterling silver, found organic materials) and is the centrepiece of the body of work, relating to ideas of lifecycles (being born into, leaving, building afresh this most intimate space), lived experience, and physical labour as an expression of deep care.

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Hey guys! I'm Anna and I'm studying environmental design: Interior Design at OCADU. Although most of my class projects have to do with housing and buildings, I'd consider myself a multidisciplinary artist who specializes in designing interior spaces and sewing fabric textiles. My work is motivated through my collaborative experiences with my community and Việtnamese heritage. I've attatched an image of one of my beading projects I made, titled "It's nice that we share the same sky." The work emphasizes the idea that no matter who you are, or where you’re standing, every person in this world is sharing the same sky; the same sun, the same moon, the same stars. It reminds us of our interconnectedness and the common experiences and wonders that bind us together. I aim to create art that becomes a mosaic of every person I meet, and experience I encounter.

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Hi everyone! My name is Mattthew and I am currently completing a Masters of Deisgn in Digital Futures at OCADU.

My practice is pretty interdisciplinary, including digital and physical fabrication, game deisgn, physical computing as well as AI and natural language processing.

My current research revolves around the use of Artificial Intelligence in narrative design, specifically through the medium of text-adventure games. I’m looking into creating new interactive ways of consuming and gamifying books and other print media.

I’ve attached an image of one of my past projects titled “ikebana” which is a reference to the Japanese art of flower arrangement. The sculpture is a kinetic bonsai tree that moves its branches in response to light stimuli and physical touch - the branches articulate via servo motors programmed with an Arduino microcontroller.

Looking forward to starting the residency!

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Hi everyone! I'm Maureen, a design researcher from Ireland. I'm approaching the end of a PhD, at NTNU in Norway. The project is called Sensory Nourishment and it explores the sensory experiences of clothing with people on the autism spectrum and how they impact their quality of life. You learn more about it here maureenselinalaverty.com. I've just finished a design residency where I developed a series of raincoats by engaging the sonic and kinaesthetic senses (pictured). I have recently begun a CIRCE Fellowship where I will develop a project called 'Trousers to Climb Trees' with my neurodivergent research participants. I'm excited to collaborate with you all and go deeper into sensorial design!

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Hello everyone, my name is Shawn. I'm a 4th year undergraduate in the Sculpture/Installation program at OCADU.

My process mainly involves drawing/painting, creative writing, collecting, urban exploration and sculpture.

More recently, I've become interested in art as a social practice, merging the process of art making as a collaborative inquiry amongst specific groups and communities. My works in the past have concerned labour standards, identity, spirituality, material culture, sports, and the apocalypse.

I'm returning from an exchange program at HDK-Valand in Sweden where I began a series of works using camouflage netting as a material focus. This research consisted of local stories from factory workers who were affected by the bankruptcy of the Saab Automobile, and how Saab is also a major exporter in the military arms trade. Such information became a precursor to direct the focus of this work towards the civil end of societies caught in the crosshairs of military production, and how military innovations impact civil society and cultural practices. The work explores Swedish sub car-enthusiast cultures like Raggare and more obvious global impacts of migration and domesticity.

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Hello everyone! My name is Hanna, and I am currently furthering my education at Tallinn University of Technology, specializing in Service Design to obtain my Master's degree. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Textile Art and have worked as a fashion designer for nearly two decades. Over the past four years, I have been an instructor at both the EKA Textile Department and the EKA Open Academy 😉

My recent studies have involved various service design projects. From mapping knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to emergency preparedness in Estonia to researching how a chatbot can enhance the shopping experience on an e-store.

As I plan my Master's degree, I have two main areas of interest. The first is understanding perception in the context of physical items like clothes and textiles and exploring the transition towards digital and sustainable solutions without losing the emotional significance these items provide. Clothes and textiles are not just functional; they tell our stories, help us express our identities, and convey our cultural heritage. The second area focuses on sustainability in Estonia's textile industry, particularly the challenges and needs of textile waste collection and handling, and discussing technological advancements in recycling. Hopefully, this course will help me lean towards making a decision in the direction of my first choice 😉

I recently visited Milan and the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, where I saw a fascinating interactive art installation by the artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski called Kaleidoscope. It's something I think would interest all of us: Watch the installation here.

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Hello creative fellows!

I am Erica, studying Design Thinking and Digital Marketing at the University of Tartu Pärnu College.

For the past four years, I have been working as a freelance marketer, specializing in brand consistency, content strategy, creation, and management on TikTok.

My most recent project involved researching the need for a Communication Strategy at Tõnismäe Studio through the Service Design process. The project aimed to improve internal communication, ensure alignment of visions, enhance employee collaboration, and analyze the organization’s resistance to creating a communication strategy. I have included the visual of the rebranded website from that project.

As a creative person, I’m research-oriented and passionate about utilizing design as a powerful force for positive change, reshaping human behavior for the betterment of the world. I’m excited to collaborate with everyone and look forward to the inspiring projects we will create together.

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I’m Neema Biju Jose , I consider myself as a Sustainable Multidisciplinary Designer from India currently pursuing my post grad in Inclusive Design from OCADU. My designs have stories and experiences which are reflections of how I choose to see the world I live in and a world that could be. I believe in a design that is simple and sensible, with lesser impact on our environment, with a taste of experimentation. Being an artist at heart with a keen sense of design, aided me in seeing things from a new perspective. I really love doing hands on works especially working with different mediums like wood, mud, ceramics, fabrics. Also my artistic work include photography, creative writing , people with constant exploration.

I just love travelling, noticing the small details always helped me in learning and thinking . Additionally I think my artistic expression has lot more connected to people whom i have come across in life. With 1 year of OCADU experience, 3 years of Sustainable experiences and having worked on an International eco projects, I am excited to see designs become realities which motivates me in hunt of new inspirations.

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Freemotion and Hand Embroidery, Photogram, Pit-fired Clay

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Hey! I’m Alyona, a second-year Craft Studies master’s student at EKA.

When I applied to the Music Academy for the Audiovisual Composition program, I explained that I have always “seen” music since childhood, a phenomenon known as synesthesia. Over the past ten years, I've created live visuals for various musical genres, orchestras, and bands, making music “visible.”

I earned my MA in Contemporary Art from EKA, where my primary focus was blending the physical and digital worlds, exploring their tangible and ephemeral boundaries. I worked on projects in VR and XR, with a particular passion for creating “metahumans,” as I called them.

However, at some point, I began to miss the tangibility and imperfection of the physical world, and I longed to create something with my own hands. Now, in my second year of Craft Studies at EKA, I started with glass but soon returned to my comfort zone of textiles. From my teenage years, needlework such as embroidery and sewing was my main hobby during the long Estonian evenings. I rediscovered the joy of these crafts during my pregnancy leave, becoming an obsessive knitter.

I am currently analyzing the significance of (hand)crafts in people’s lives, examining both their psychological and cultural impacts.

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I am Maya Chaudhary, An experimental multidisciplinary artist who enjoys the process of creation. Using different mediums, forms and materials. Currently pursuing my masters in Animation-fine arts at EKA. Focusing on directing my experimental short film.

Started my journey in India did my bachelor in Communication Design- Animation film Making, started working on several commercial yet creative  projects in Animation production, post-production, editing and illustration.

Together I started my own practice on experimental art and craft. Started working as assistant module designer and researcher in a PhD focused on Children's education-Teaching morals and values through indigenous proverbs. Having more inclination towards education with my Professor Co founded a Art residency and common facility place called Prime Habiture in Rundal, Rajasthan. Working on creating various storytelling and visual focused workshops and one of them is Co- Creating cards with my colleagues in EKA.

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Hi, I´m Riina, an interdisciplinary designer and artist based between Tallinn and London. I´m a graduate of EKA Leather Accessories BA and Central Saint Martins MA in Material Futures.

My work currently focuses on physical mediums, particularly through my brand Riina O specialising in bespoke luxury leather gloves and biomaterials R&D.

My most recent work is a land art installation “Cornuscopia” in Saaremaa – a tribute to Estonian forests.

I am always seeking to broaden the scope of my work with the next goal of joining biomaterials with technology.

The image included is of my handbags collection made of kombucha bacterial cellulose-derived SCOBY-compo material.

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Hi everyone) My name is Oleksandra. I’m a multi-disciplined artist. I got my Master of Arts degree in interior design in 2014 at KNUBA.

Currently, I work on different projects, but my main work is as a mural artist. I created more than 400 square meters of different paints.

Now I'm working on a collection of ceramic lamps.

A few months ago I published my first children's book with my illustration.

As a freelance 3d artist and animator, I took part in different game projects, mainly for children.

I don't like daily routine work that's why I like to change my projects.Hi everyone) My name is Oleksandra. I’m a multi-disciplined artist. I got my Master of Arts degree in interior design in 2014 at KNUBA.

Currently, I work on different projects, but my main work is as a mural artist. I created more than 400 square meters of different paints.

Now I'm working on a collection of ceramic lamps.

A few months ago I published my first children's book with my illustration.

As a freelance 3d artist and animator, I took part in different game projects, mainly for children.

I don't like daily routine work that's why I like to change my projects.

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Hi everyone! My name is Sumamah. I am in the Environmental design program specializing in interior design. I like to incorporate sustainable solutions in my designs. As a designer, I have somewhat become friends with the fashion world and I try to explore it in unique ways. This is one of my works back in first year. I explored linear construction through recycled linear material like wire, thread, and paper clips challenging me as a designer to avoid using glue and rather coming up with other environmentally friendly joinery methods.

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I am a digital product designer, coupled with an academic foundation in architecture. My professional career in digital product design has been focused on building human-centered experiences and enhancing empathy for various actors in Software as a Service applications. I have consistently pushed for the creation of user-friendly experiences in sectors traditionally marked by their absence.

From this academic year I will also be starting my doctoral journey at EKA at the Faculty of Design focusing on bridging the empathy gap in teletherapy for patients and practitioners. Other than my professional career and academia I also make music and play instruments.

As an example of a work that I did I included a little interaction experiment I did few years ago on my own time around YouTube’s mobile app. You can read more about it here: https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/youtube-b3ceb928871c

Looking forward to meeting you all!

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Hey guys, very excited to meet everyone! I'm Parmida and I am currently studying environmental design at OCADU. In my projects I try to be sustainable as possible. I love merging exterior spaces into interior ones aiming to create a peaceful and accessible living spaces for all. I enjoying merging my persian culture and gardens (textile works, ceramic, tile works) to my current projects. I consider myself a multidisciplinary artist who works with differents mediums such as plaster, mould making, crocheting, painting, etc. The image I have attached was way back in my first year.For the stone I used blue calcite which evokes gentleness, peace and relaxation. I experimented with wire copper twisting them into roots that wrap around the crystal that branches off.

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Hello everyone! My name is Niki, and I’m a final-year undergraduate student in the Environmental Design: Interior Design program at OCADU. I love design in all its forms, and one of my main interests is understanding how our surroundings and the spaces we encounter daily affect our senses as human beings. The work that I’m sharing with you is a photography project I did to question the boundaries of reality and dreams. I made a video out of my photographs to showcase this topic on a more sensory level. I’m looking forward to meeting you all soon!

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Hi all, I am Liis. I’m an Estonian-born mixed-media artist based in France since the past 16 years. Graduating from the Institut Supérieur des Arts de Toulouse, my practice lies at the crossroads of photography and installation. In 2024, I participated in the Mentoring program at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles.

My current research-based project explores the controversial nature of invasive exotic plants. These plants thrive in environments disrupted by human activity, showing remarkable resilience to harsh weather conditions and limited nutrients.

The fact that I am currently researching is that Ailanthus altissima was introduced to France in the mid-19th century for silk production, as silkworms feed on its leaves. I plan to create a clothing that can be worn in a photographic installation set in a natural environment. I intend to design a garment that allows the body to camouflage itself within its surroundings.

www.liislillo.com/y-etre-y-rester

You can see more about my works www.liislillo.com

Looking forward to meet you all !

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Hello :) My name is Dee and I'm excited to meet you all! My multidisciplinary practice includes sculpture, drawing, photography, and performance - this year I'm looking to develop a dance and movement practice.

I look to the structure of the net as a methodology to create self portraits, personal rituals, and energetic gestures in both a material and space conscious manner. Like a fruit net that morphs into the shape of the fruit it holds, I work across different disciplines using my body as a frame of reference to explore themes of autonomy, grief, labor, and love.

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Hey hey, my name is Lara, I'm a visual artist and educator from São Paulo, Brazil. I'm currently on my way to finish the Contemporary Art MA in EKA and, as you'll see, am juggling that with a teaching job.

In my practice I build layers, cavities, working through breaches of media, translating and mixing processes. I see the construction of ambiguous images, mostly through graphic processes, texts, wax, and photography, as an invitation for dwelling. Recently, I've been exploring the translation of language, media, and context via narratives of hybrid, displaced identities.

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EKA: Põhja pst 7, Tallinn

Põhjala Hangar Institute: Marati 5, Tallinn

In EKA we will meet in A-202, unless specified otherwise.

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If you are curious about what happened in the previous EKA x OCADU residency, please see the report – https://express.adobe.com/page/SBv23VRz2Ruo0/

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In partnership with Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), The Artists-in-Residence Program in Estonia brought together three Career Launcher recipients from 2020 who are OCAD U's Material Art & Design (MAAD) and Digital Futures (DF) alumni - Khadija Aziz (MAAD), Charlize Nhung (MAAD), and Olivia Prior (DF) - and six participants from Estonia to 'create' together under the theme of 'Analogue + Digital = Sensorial'. The residency took place at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) in Tallinn, Estonia, from August 15-19, 2022. It was organized and facilitated by Dr. Nithikul Nimkulrat, Associate Professor and Acting Chair of Material Art & Design, Faculty of Design, OCAD U and Dr. Kristi Kuusk, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Design, EKA. The residency was funded by the International Programs & Collaboration Office at OCAD U and the European Regional Development Fund.

During this one-week residency, the nine participants were asked to work as a group of three to explore possibilities of merging analogue and digital materials to create sensorial artefacts. In this exploration, each individual participant constantly discussed within their group what 'analogue', 'digital', and 'sensorial' means to them across different technologies that were available during the residency in the following studios at EKA:

* Digital Weaving Studio and Textile Futures Lab

* Leather Accessory Studio

* Ceramics Studio

* Digital Prototyping Lab

* Virtual Reality (VR) Lab

The primary aim of the exploration was to understand how human senses and sensemaking in the process of working with materials in different forms across production technologies might lead to invention of sensorial artefacts. The second aim was to experiment various ways of connecting people and practices when working together on a collaborative project, particularly how the process of making might support the learning of differences, not only between digital and analogue material practices but also between the participants of various areas of expertise and cultural backgrounds.

Five Intensive Days

On the first day, the participants introduced themselves to the group by talking about their three previous projects whose photos and/or videos had been uploaded to a shared online folder prior to the day. By doing so, the participants got to know one another and gained some understanding of what each participant was capable of and interested in doing. This was expected to help form the three groups of three participants who would work together during the week. They also expressed their thoughts on the meanings of 'analogue', 'digital', and 'sensorial'.

Next was the briefing of what the participants were expected to work on during the week which was followed by Nithikul and Kristi's presentation of projects exploring similar themes to give the participants some ideas of what their possible experimentation could be. After that, the tours were given by the 'workshop masters' of the participating studios and labs in the EKA building, which was converted from a sock factory in 2018 into the premise of the only public university in Estonia (founded in 1914) that offers post-secondary, post-graduate, and PhD education in architecture, design, fine arts, cultural heritage, and conservation (fig. 1).

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What to bring along? How to move around? Where to go? What to do?

Let's share some insights here :)

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Hi all, I am Nithikul, one of your two tutors for the two-week residency. I am Professor in Material Art and Design, Faculty of Design, OCAD University and was Head of the Textile Design Department at EKA from 2013 to 2018. I am a textile practitioner-researcher who is interested in how experiential knowledge is embodied in the act of craft making with materials either completely by hand and/or with analogue/digital tools, and the way in which thinking and making are intertwined in craft and design processes. My recent book is Craft and Design Practice from an Embodied Perspective (Routledge, 2024). Visit https://nithikul.com to learn more about my artistic and academic work.

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Researcher | Designer | Artist

Born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, Nithikul Nimkulrat is a Toronto-based textile artist, designer, researcher, and educator. Nithikul was trained as an industrial designer (BID) with knowledge of architectural design at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Having worked as a designer in the textile industry in Thailand for three years, she relocated to Helsinki, Finland, to pursue studies at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture where she earned a Master of Arts in textile art and design in 2002 and a Doctor of Arts in design in 2009. After that, Nithikul worked at Aalto University as a postdoctoral researcher (2010), Loughborough University in the UK as a Lecturer in Textiles (2011-2013), and Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn, Estonia, as a Professor and Head of Department of Textile Design (2013-2018). Nithikul joined OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, as a Tenured Associate Professor in the Faculty of Design in 2018 and was Acting Chair of the Material Art & Design program (2020-2023). Since 2024, she has served as Full Professor at the University. Nithikul is the recipient of the 2022-23 OCAD University Award for Distinguished Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity.

In her work, Nithikul interweaves creative and research practices. This interweaving has proven to be fruitfully applicable to art and design education. Her research interest is rooted in her textile practice, lying across conceptual issues in art and design, especially the role of creative practice in academic research and the immateriality of physical materials in creative processes. Having situated her work at the intersection of art and design and at that of the academic and art worlds, her creative artefacts have received awards and have been exhibited internationally, while her research has been published in peer-reviewed publications and presented in international conferences.

Nithikul has actively contributed to international design research communities. She was an elected council member of the Design Research Society (DRS) (2013-2019) and is Convener of DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge (EKSIG) (2013-present). She also served as Chair of Cumulus Association's Fashion and Textiles Working Group (2016-2023). Nithikul is an experienced PhD supervisor and external examiner.

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About Nithikul Nimkulrat, designer/artist and researcher

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Hi, I'm Kristi, and I will be one of your tutors during the two weeks at EKA. I split my time between Estonia and Italy, working as a senior researcher at the Estonian Academy of Arts. My passion lies in exploring sustainable futures for textiles and fashion design by integrating new technologies. My work includes combining augmented reality with textiles for interactive storytelling, embedding sensors and actuators in clothing and knitwear to influence self-perception, developing embodied play elements for children, and investigating how multisensory soft wearables can enhance our wellbeing through somatic design approaches. You can learn more about my projects at www.kristikuusk.com.

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Hello everyone, I am Azeem, a PhD student at EKA and will be assisting both the tutors during the 2 weeks long residency program. With my research I am exploring the topic of creative placemaking and how creative placemaking interventions such as play can reimagine learning through sensorial experiences in public spaces. I am really looking forward to meeting you and assist in any way possible! :)

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2024 OCAD x EKA Residency schedule - Registration for workshops