Archived video of the presentation by Melissa Coleman during the CrossLab LunchEvent of 24 november 2009.The memory of clothes / wearables as archives, Melissa Coleman.How can pieces of clothing tell a story? During her residency at V2_ this year Melissa Coleman developed Media Vintage, a series of interactive objects and 'textiles'. that carry the memories of their owners. A suitcase with hidden messages or a trench-coat telling the story from an old mans life. Textile as the carrier of a story: Media Vintage brings life to objects by means of sound and interactivity. Melissa Coleman is a software engineer (AR+RFID Lab) and web developer in The Hague.
CrossLab is het medialab van de Willem de Kooning Academie. Met als uitgangspunten multimedia, technologie en digitale ‘tools’ wil dit experimentele laboratorium en kenniscentrum technologisch hoogwaardig mediaonderwijs aanbieden. Het doel: studenten van alle studierichtingen prikkelen, inspireren en stimuleren tot het verkennen van technologie en multimedia.
