8 9 3 2 1 1 2 3 # 0 4 Pattern and chaos by Dewi Brunet & Gwenaël Prost We all experience chaotic paper crumpling on a daily basis. Experiments that often ends up in the recycle bin. But, what if this garbagecould become thematerial for amasterpiece? Developed by Nature during millions of years and through countless living beings, crumpling is a universal technic of matter structuration and optimisation. It can be found in the blossom of a flower, in the organisation of our brain, as well as in the pleat of a mountain or even in the formation of a storm. More than a technic, it reflects and questions links between pattern and chaos that surrounds us. The rise of biomimetic in all spheres of human technology, is showing the urge for a better understanding and respect of the world we are part of. We believe that folding, by a direct and simple approach, is a good introduction to nature inspired technic. Rather than a pedagogy based on the objective or problem-solving, our workshop is exploratory, as nature, focusing on trials and errors. We will engage students in experimenting and having fun with paper through a unique folding technique: crumpling. Folding is one of the only creative technic that does not remove or add anything from the original material. It requires no tools but, nevertheless, creates complex and stable structures. We will confront students to face this “white page”, enabling them to discover new horizon by designing with the engagement of their full body and perceptions while co-creating in groups. We will encourage a change of scale, aiming as big as possible, to storm the minds and the places. Large installation, performance, clothes... the outcome could be multiple. # 0 5 Tales of Symbologies: SubjectiveMapping. Centering traditions and philosophies associatedwith tapestries By Hussein Shikha & Sadrie Alves The carpet acts as a subjective map of one’s locality, a temporary home and a space for gathering. Can centering traditions and philosophies associated with tapestries and its symbols be a way to speculate upon newways of design and art-making? From aWestern viewpoint, the carpet has been neglected and reduced to an object, ignoring her potential toopen upother ways of seeing. In thisworkshopwewill not only look at but «see through» the tapestry. We regard the carpet as an autonomous intersection between art, craft and design while examining the forms of engagement and connection she instigates. During this week wewill look into the ancient crafts and symbols of tapestries and woodblocks of different geographies. These art forms are surrounded by immaterial cultural heritages: symbolic ornaments, visual languages that have been undermined by the modernist ‘less is more’ lens and overlooked as an autonomous reference of design and art practice. Together we will translate our surroundings into a collective composition, analogous to a tapestry, in dialogue with residents of the area. Through the use of different media, analog and digital, we translate our locality into a tangible vocabulary. The workshop consists of collective readings, screenings, visual exercises, time for reflection in small groups and the larger group, the crafting of a collective work, and a shared meal. This encounter is a space of theoretic insight and hands-on practice. Students of various disciplines can engage in this workshop with their respective knowledges. We look closely into the metaphor of the carpet as a space; its relation to the large socio-economic context; and the implications of handiwork and domestic labour;. The bibliography and references are interdisciplinary and diverse, we encourage critical thinking and cross pollination with angles that challenge, inform and complement each other. Themain concern of thisworkshop is toopen the question of howwe can relate our practices to broader social concerns; from one thread to a collective fabric.
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