Nexus of Textile and Sound at the FWF PEEK Program

This is a premiere for both the FH Salzburg and the Mozarteum. For the first time since the existence of the PEEK program  a submission to the most important research program of Artistic Research was successful.   The research project investigates the nexus, i.e. the connection between textiles and sound, it explores new possibilities of expression, seeks new insights into the link between the two disciplines, or leads to new ways of looking at them. In testing and exploring the creative potential of the textile-sound combination, commonalities, correlations and differences are explored. The results are not only publications, but also exhibitions, concerts, installations and performances, which invite to experience and experience.  The interface are smart textiles in interfaces, garments or architecture. With the help of sensors and microprocessors, interactions with fabrics and other textile materials are used to link them with sound properties and musical parameters. Digital sensor technology, for example, makes it possible to transfer qualities of the material and interaction to sounds and vice versa.  The submission was based on several years of artistic and scientific collaboration, including several exhibitions, workshops, lectures and conference contributions. Fischbacher and Schebella were the first winners of the Research Competition Mozarteum and both participants in the artist symposium ORTung . Positive feedback after the international arts-based peer-review process was especially given for the strong networking and connection of the project to the independent scene in Salzburg (cooperation e.g. with Schmiede Media Art Festival);