Electromode: Curated by Val?rie Lamontagne (Canada) / Peau d'Ane From research in science and art, wearable microcomputers and smart fabrics transform the body through dynamic, kinetic and shape-shifting garments that expand the body's possibilities.

(softn) survival strategies for interaction, interactive public art installation, PICNIC’07, Westergasfabriek Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 25-29th 2007. PICNIC Dre Wapenaar, Tent village. Group Exhibition, Artist: Thecla Schiphorst, PICNIC'07 http://www.picnicnetwork.org/artefact-10370-en.html

PICNIC'07: uncork your brain! was held in Amsterdam in the Westergasfabriek from September 25-29th 2007. PICNIC’07 was a conference, festival and a week of fresh, creative, innovative ideas. At this leading international event, creative minds from the worlds of media, entertainment, science and the arts convened from 25th-29th September. PICNIC calls itself a seductive, exciting, intangible, unpredictable, cosmopolitan and cheerful annual event for and by the creative industry. PICNIC'07 is a leading event in Europe in relation to creativity and innovation, and a part of Cross-Media Week. The theme of FEEL MAKE PLAY included an invitation of 20 international artists to contribute to the PICNIC environment, to show their work, to comment on PICNIC as a meeting place, and to add to the unique PICNIC experience.

exhale: breath between bodies, interactive public art exhibition. National Academy of Sciences, Speculative Data and the Creative Imaginary: shared visions between art and technology, Washington D.C., June 4th - August 24th 2007. Curated by Pamela Jennings. Artist: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with The whisper[s] Research Group. Group Exhibition including Sheldon Brown, Christa Sommerer and Laurant Mignonneau, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach, Ernest Edmonds, George Legrady, Thecla Schiphorst.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/Speculative_Data_and_the_Creative_Imaginary.html

(softn) survival strategies for interaction, interactive public art installation, commissioned by V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, for Dutch Electronic Arts Festival DEAF07: interact or die, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, April 10th-29th 2007. Group Exhibition, Artist: Thecla Schiphorst. DEAF07 Exhibition: http://www.deaf07.nl/index.php?option=com_program&act=project&Itemid=17 > soft(n)

The Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) is an international and interdisciplinary biennial festival and conference that focuses on art, technology and society and is organized by V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.DEAF presents a wide range of programme segments, including a large exhibition of interactive artworks and installations. The festival is characterized by a thematic approach and brings current developments and themes emerging from art in technological culture to diverse audiences. DEAF is an important international festival focusing on art and media technology, and can be regarded as a showcase for research and production of new media art. Work exhibited at DEAF is in a group exhibition context. http://www.deaf07.nl/

Bodymaps: artifacts of Touch, interactive art installation. Media Art Exhibition: Can We Fall in Love with a Machine? Curated by Murray Horne and Claudia Hart; Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, January 2006 - April 2006. Group Show: www.woodstreetgalleries.org/. Artist: Thecla Schiphorst

Can We Fall in Love with a Machine? is an interactive media arts exhibition exploring interactivity that responds to, or contextualizes affection, adoration and affect.

exhale: breath between bodies, interactive public art exhibition. Digifest Exhibition and Symposium, Digifest: mods, Toronto, Harbourfront Centre and Ontario Science Centre, May 9th - 15th 2006. Artist: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with The whisper[s] Research Group
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/calendar/default.asp?eventid=486

move.me smart objects + exhale: breath between bodies, interactive public art installation and demonstration. Fleshing Out Exhibition, Symposium + Workshop, V2_Lab, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November 9th - 10th 2006. Artist and Principle Director for exhale: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with The whisper[s] Research Group. Artist and Principle Director for move.me: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with V2_Lab. http://www.virtueelplatform.nl/article-3553-en.html and http://www.virtueelplatform.nl/artefact-3047-en.html

Fleshing Out Exhibition, Symposium and Workshop explored Wearable Interfaces, Smart Materials, and Living Fabrics. The exhibition was presented in parallel with the Symposium in order to demonstrate working prototypes in Art and Design Research. The event was part of a series produced by Virtueel Platform and V2_Institute for the Unstable Media exploring the public presentation of works in progress.

exhale: breath between bodies, interactive public art installation. Emerging Technologies and Art Gallery Exhibition, Siggraph 2005, Los Angeles Convention Center, July 31st - August 4th, 2005, Artist and Principle Director: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with The whisper[s] Research Group. http://www.siggraph.org/s2005/main.php?f=conference&p=etech&s=etech15? Group Exhibition.

Siggraph Emerging Technologies is an international exposition of new and emerging technology that highlights innovative applications and promising trends in digital technology. exhale: breath between bodies was one of three works at Siggraph 2005 selected for both the Emerging Technologies exhibition and the Siggraph Art Gallery, emphasizing artist-lead research producing technological innovation.

<between bodies>, interactive wearable public art presentation and exhibition, New Forms Festival, Technography, Vancouver, Roundhouse Centre, Oct 15-22 2004, Artist and Principle Director: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with Susan Kozel and The whisper[s] Research Group. Group Exhibition.

The New Forms Festival (NFF) is an international festival of contemporary media arts and technologies, held in Vancouver, BC, Canada. NFF showcases new media artists from across Canada and around the world, focusing on the convergence of arts and technology. http://www.newformsfestival.com/nff04/

whisper: wearable body architectures, interactive wearable public art presentation and exhibition, Respond Festival, produced by Future Physical, Cambridge UK, April 2 - 6th 2003, curated by Ghislainne Boddington, Shinkansen and Lizzie Muller. Artist and Principle Director: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with Susan Kozel and The whisper[s] Research Group. Group Exhibition.
Respond Event:http://www.futurephysical.org/pages/content/resp_env/nex.html
Exhibition: http://www.futurephysical.org/pages/programme/commissions.html >co-productions >whisper

whisper: wearable body architectures, interactive wearable public art presentation and exhibition, Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, DEAF03: Data Knitting, Rotterdamse Schouwburg Theatre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Feb 23 - March 07 2003. Artist and Principle Director: Thecla Schiphorst in collaboration with Susan Kozel and The whisper[s] Research Group. Group exhibition. http://www.deaf.v2.nl/03/

The Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) is an international and interdisciplinary biennial festival and conference that focuses on art, technology and society and is organized by V2_Institute for the Unstable Media, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.DEAF presents a wide range of programme segments, including a large exhibition of interactive artworks and installations. The festival is characterized by a thematic approach and brings current developments and themes emerging from art in technological culture to diverse audiences. DEAF is an important international festival focusing on art and media technology, and can be regarded as a showcase for research and production of new media art. Work exhibited at DEAF is in a group exhibition context.

The Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montreal (FNC) is devoted to the dissemination and development of emerging trends in cinema and new media. It is a forum for audiences to discover original new works, particularly in cinema d'auteur and digital creation. The Festival's strength lies above all in the quality of its programming, which has evolved in step with trends in cinema and new media. http://www.nouveaucinema.ca/EN/index.php?module_b=corpo_nouvelles.php&module_a=corpo_historique.html&img=

Curatorial Projects

ZDM, Zero Degree Monstrosities, digital eARTh, Festival and Symposium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2000

Ecstatic Data, digital eARTh, Canadian Media Exhibitions in London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, 1999

Making Electricity/Rethinking Revolution, premiered Western Front Lodge, the Lux Lounge, Rethinking Revolution Festival, March 1998, Vancouver, B.C., digital eARTh, 1998

Transverse Worlds, premiered Western Front Lodge, the Lux Cabaret, Body Electric Festival, Vancouver, B.C.

BodyElectric, Masaki Fujihata artist Exhibition, Science World, Vancouver BC, May 1996

The Ecology of Communications, premiered Western Front, the Lux, Vancouver Electronic Arts Festival