DIY BIEN - MP3ggerS

Art & Design
We are a DIY BIEN initiative that operates as part of the Biennial of Textile Arts in Kranj (Slo).
We present our first joint project - MP3ggerS workshop. It is intended for the practical demonstration and implementation of a process in which textile and electronic components together form a working device, or. MP3 player with soft triggers.

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Lavoslava Benčić

Lavoslava Benčić (Slo/Cro) is an intermedia artist, curator, educator and graphic designer. She has been self-employed in culture since 1985. Her educational background is media production, pedagogical-andragogical studies, graphic design and media arts and practices. She acquired pedagogical and andragogic knowledge at the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana and multimedia skills at the Institute and Academy for Multimedia in Ljubljana. She completed BA Media Project Management studies at Middlesex University in London and post-graduate studies of Graphic Design at the London College UCK and the MA thesis at the School of Arts University of Nova Gorica, New media department. At the Institute and Academy of Multimedia in Ljubljana she works as a qualified lecturer in the field of multimedia production. She is the member of the art council in Gallery Batana in Rovinj (Croatia) and curates juried and solo exhibitions. She cooperates intensely with ČIPke, an initiative for women in the context of science, technology and media art in Ljubljana (Slovenia). She creates and manages new media workshops for adults and children. Since 2014 she facilitates 43 workshops, in Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Serbia, (550+ participants). Most of the workshops come out from intermedia art projects, which are based on graphic sound, the reaction of sound to tactile stimuli, and generative sound landscapes that trigger light effects. Soft circuits are designed from soft conductive or capacitive materials. She has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in designing and producing media projects. Due to its achievements in the field of intermedia art, media project management, design and pedagogy, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia ranks among the authors crucial for Slovene culture. She is a member of professional associations (ADA Artist, ZDSLU, DLUL, HUIU). Her works have been exhibited / displayed / published 87 times in nineteen countries and awarded thirteen times.

http://issuu.com/lavoslava/docs/portfolio_lb_01_16
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Nejc Stupan

Graduated at Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Textile department (UL) in 2014. Employed at Academy of Fine Arts and Design (UL) as a technical support at Industrial design department.

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