Contacts:

Carole Schaffer, Parsons School of Design
212-229-5314
[email protected]

Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]

Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
[email protected]

"Exploring Digital Fashion and Textile Design"
Exhibition at Parsons School of Design

August 27 – September 28, 2001

Parsons School of Design
Parsons Exhibitions
The Gallery at 2 West 13th Street, NYC
For further information on the Gallery, call: 212/229-8987
Gallery hours: Weekdays, 9 AM – 9 PM, Saturdays, 10 AM – 6 PM
Closed Sundays and holidays

Curator: Maura Jurgrau

"Exploring Digital Fashion and Textile" was conceived to bring a unique group of digital fashion and textile artists together to share their diverse range of work. Designed to demystify the technology utilized by each artist, the exhibition demonstrates how it is being applied to fashion and textile design and presentation. With an educational focus, each installation includes documentation of various creative and technical processes for the viewer to explore.

The sampling of the work includes:

• 3D Character Animation Exploring Garment Display Capabilities
  
• Historical Costume Web Archive with Interactive Multiple Views
  
• Digital Patternmaking and Fabric Print Engineering
  
• Live Displays and Installations of Digitally Printed Fabrics and Clothing
  
• Interactive Demonstration of Apparel Mass Customization
  
• Multimedia Presentations of the Computer-Aided Design Process in the Fashion
• Studio, Digital Fabric Printing, and Trend Forecasting
  
• 3D Multimedia Choreography of Fabric and Body Movement
  

Artists participating in the exhibition include: Helle Abild, Theo Artz, Jon Birdsey, J.R. Campbell, J. Michelle Hill-Campbell, Hara Century, Albert Elia (Parsons Fashion faculty member), Geoffry Gertz, Alison Hardy, Jane Harris, Rosalind Kennedy, Kerry McGuire King, Jay Kreimer, Kathi Martin, Bia Martinez, Karen Martone, Marycarol Miller (Parsons Fashion faculty member), Kim Munro, Joe Pescatore (Parsons Fashion faculty member), Elaine Polvinen, John Sano, Wendy, Weiss, and Hitoshi Ujiie.

Scheduled throughout the exhibition, there will be lectures and workshops given by exhibiting artists and sponsors. There will also be an online publication available to accompany the exhibition.

The following sponsors assisted in the exhibition: Age Technologies (supported an artist with software), Concord Fabrics (supported an artist with printing), Lectra Systemes (piece included in exhibition), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (funded an artist), Stork America (supported an artist with printing), The Crafts Alliance of New York State (funded an artist), and Vicon (grant to an artist for the show).

Parsons Exhibitions demonstrates Parsons School of Design’s commitment to excellence and innovation in art and design; two galleries, open to the public, are scheduled with year-round exhibitions by Parsons School of Design’s faculty and students and outside artists and designers.

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Parsons School of Design, a division of New School University, is one of the largest degree-granting colleges of art and design in the nation. Currently enrolled are about 2,400 undergraduate students, 380 graduate students, and 2,500 non-degree students from all 50 of the United States and from 60 countries. Parsons’ main campuses are located in New York City’s Greenwich Village and Midtown Manhattan. In addition, Parsons has affiliate schools in Paris, France; Kanazawa, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and the Dominican Republic. Undergraduate degrees are offered in Architectural Design, Communication Design, Design and Management, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Integrated Design Curriculum, Interior Design, Photography, and Product Design. Graduate degrees are granted in Architecture, Design and Technology, Lighting Design, Painting, Sculpture, and the History of Decorative Arts. For further information on Parsons, call 212/229-8910 or go to the Web site at www.parsons.edu.

New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions: The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music. New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.