David McCallum _ Projects!

• • 2013
  • Critters _ Installation
  • 221, 321, 543 _ Weaving
  • Satin and houndstooth software _ Software
• • 2012
  • Looking Up _ Net Art
• • 2011
  • Powers of Satin _ Textile
• • 2010
  • Neighbourhoodie _ Wearable
• • 2009
  • Knitted studies _ Knit
  • Singing Underwear Workshop _ Workshop
  • Frogr _ Wearables prototype
  • Sounding Space _ Public Art Installation
• • 2008
  • Sign Me a Space _ Installation
  • Harper _ Knit
  • Push _ Music
  • Light Play _ Installation
  • Auld Lang Syne 2008 _ Installation
  • I/O Media _ Group
• • 2007
  • Warbike _ Mobile artwork
  • Palimpsest _ Installation
  • Asteroid B612 _ Video
  • i swallow _ Performance
  • Arse Feck _ Net art
  • Auld Lang Syne 2007 _ Installation
• • 2006
  • Interview with Stelarc _ print
  • Geeks don't know it's psychogeography _ print
  • Cricket Farm _ Installation/performance
• • 2005
  • Your Network is Mine _ Performance
  • Big Like Me _ Webcam Film
  • Dear Diary, Dear World _ Net art
  • Attack of the PANTs _ Workshop
  • You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato _ Performance
  • Hugs _ Group
  • Re _ Group
• • 2004
  • mcfalcon-l _ Group
  • Flexing Swine _ Group
  • Drinking Box _ Group
  • Leark _ Group
• • 2003
  • Bench _ Video
  • Bon Appetit! _ Video
  • A Trip to the Zoo _ Film
  • Deconstructing Evil _ Video
  • Experimental Music at the Grad Club _ Event series
  • The United Empire Loyalist Orchestra _ Group
• • 2002
  • The Immediacy Group _ Group
  • O Canada: Three Hours in One and One-half Minute _ Music
  • MIDI Bear _ Toy
  • The Lumber Dog Trio _ Group

Powers of Satin

2011

Type

Textile

Keywords

satin, rope, algorithm, software

Entities

HDK, University of Gothenburg, Digital Representation

Powers of Satin explores the underlying structures beneath the satin textile pattern. We know satin by a long list of adjectives--shiny, luxurious, feminine-- but few realize that it is only a set of instructions for binding thread.

The piece shows three objects that are satin, though only one looks like satin. A small piece of handwoven silk satin, a paper with the weaver's notation for satin, and a 2x3m piece of satin woven with a kilometre of 10-mm-thick cotton rope.