Computer-Aided Weaving: From Numerical Data to Generative Textiles

Abstract

Contemporary computers are direct descendants of the Jackard’s loom - an industrial era machine that used punched cards as a way of calculating and representing numerical data to be subsequently transformed into weaving patterns (Essinger 2004) - and of Babbage’s Analytical Engine, which employed a variation of the same system to perform complex probabilistic calculations (Swade 1991). In that vein, Ada Lovelace foresaw the future application of programming as the means to realise computer-generated music and graphics (Charman-Anderson, 2013) and this way prepared the grounds for the entire informational revolution to follow. Weaving is to be understood as a constitutionally algorithmic process, which has henceforth evolved in parallel to computer technology. In that vein, contemporary fabrication tactics, such as those suggested by Hatch (2013), constitute a platform for the further development of new technologies and/or for the re-appropriation of existent ones. A re-conceptualisation of the design process through data visualisation and parametric design schemata is cast possible this way (Romano & Cangiano 2014, pp. 170–172).

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Marinos Koutsomichalis

Afroditi Psarra

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Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 122-123

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Candidate PhD

De Montfort University

P.O. Box 1901 E. Antistaseos

71004 Heraklion, Greece

PhD, Complutense

University of Madrid

17, El. Venizelou

15561 Athens, Greece

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.59

Copyright statement: © Marinos Koutsomichalis et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2015, UK

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

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Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing