Conference
MAKING FUTURES - CONFERENCE - BEYOND OBJECTS / / MATERIALITY AT THE EDGE OF MAKING
Making Futures 2024 will explore craft encounters with current material innovations where artists, artisans, designers and others work across discipli
The conference looks at how these encounters begin to alter both the formal and conceptual expectations of craft, opening traditional techniques to the behavioural, biological and environmental dimensions of physical matter beyond object-making, to take a more holistic view of how materiality shapes and influences human experience.
As with all forms of creative practice, the boundary of what is considered ‘craft’ is fugitive—adapting and transforming as we look with urgency at how the deep, historical knowledge and artisan traditions associated with craft might provide contemporary society with an alternative to our current habits of consumption and enable us to live more respectfully with each other, the natural world and our planet.
Reshaping Craft //
The Interdisciplinary Encounters at Making Futures 2024
We are extremely honoured to welcome the Director of the Fab Lab Program at MIT and the President & CEO of the Fab Foundation Sherry Lassiter to this year's Making Futures® 2024 // Beyond Objects conference.
Join award-winning artists, designers, educators and pioneers to examine how interdisciplinary encounters reshape both the formal and conceptual boundaries of craft, highlighting the integration of traditional techniques with new insights into the behavioural, biological, and environmental aspects of materials.
Moving beyond mere object-making, the conference seeks to provide a holistic perspective on how materiality influences and enriches human experience.
Thursday 17 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Friday 18 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday 19 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Book here: https://makingfutures.org.uk/
*Please note that the conference schedule is subject to change as we finalise participants and events
As with all forms of creative practice, the boundary of what is considered ‘craft’ is fugitive—adapting and transforming as we look with urgency at how the deep, historical knowledge and artisan traditions associated with craft might provide contemporary society with an alternative to our current habits of consumption and enable us to live more respectfully with each other, the natural world and our planet.
Reshaping Craft //
The Interdisciplinary Encounters at Making Futures 2024
We are extremely honoured to welcome the Director of the Fab Lab Program at MIT and the President & CEO of the Fab Foundation Sherry Lassiter to this year's Making Futures® 2024 // Beyond Objects conference.
Join award-winning artists, designers, educators and pioneers to examine how interdisciplinary encounters reshape both the formal and conceptual boundaries of craft, highlighting the integration of traditional techniques with new insights into the behavioural, biological, and environmental aspects of materials.
Moving beyond mere object-making, the conference seeks to provide a holistic perspective on how materiality influences and enriches human experience.
Thursday 17 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Friday 18 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Saturday 19 October 2024 - 9:30am - 5:00pm
Book here: https://makingfutures.org.uk/
*Please note that the conference schedule is subject to change as we finalise participants and events
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