Thursday 10.4.2025 at 16.30-17.30 | Marsio, Otakaari 2 & Online.
In the first event of the MAGICS Talks series in 2025, we’ll be delving into digitally augmented clothing and costumes: How garments can transform into interactive, data-rich experiences capable of monitoring our well-being and amplifying artistic expression.
We have two distinguished guests who are pioneers in making these visions a reality: Professor Yu Xiao, leading the Wearable Systems Lab at Aalto University and Professor Sofia Pantouvaki, director of the Costume in Focus research group at Aalto University. The presenter of the event is journalist Sonia Zaki, Uusi Juttu.
This event is hybrid. Link to event stream.
Programme:
16.30 Opening words | journalist Sonia Zaki, Uusi Juttu
16.33 Bridging Reality and Virtual World: Smart Garments as Digital Interface | professor Yu Xiao, Aalto University
16.50 Towards transmedia and transmaterial costumes, professor Sofia Pantouvaki, Aalto University
17.10 Panel discussion | Sonia Zaki, Yu Xiao and Sofia Pantouvaki
17.30 Event ends
Read more about the speakers on the event page.
MAGICS
MAGICS is the national infrastructure for human in the digital world, and a community built around six academic nodes across Finland: Aalto University, Tampere University, Uniarts, University of Lapland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and University of Jyväskylä.
This event is the first in series of Talks organised at each MAGICS node this year.
Contact
Antti Ruotoistenmäki
Staff scientist, MAGICS & Creative Technologies
antti.ruotoistenmaki@aalto.fi
+358 50 408 1651