Drop-in Workshop | Woven Code
CM-2 Connection Machine. Image courtesy of Tamiko Thiel.
Create your own coded message inspired by the supercomputer CM-2!
Get creative and craft some code at this drop-in workshop facilitated by artist and technologist Daisy Watt. Using coloured paper and a digital key, Daisy will show you how to weave letters and messages to make your own piece of code to take home.
Stories about computing often come from unexpected places: did you know that traditional weaving techniques inspired modern computing and coding? In this workshop, discover more about the links between weaving and computing and how coding is for everyone.
Make sure to take a look at the glorious CM-2 in Radical Computing, and see Daisy’s artwork 12 Dimensions, a tapestry encoded with secret messages for you to discover, inspired by the CM-2.
This workshop is for coders of all ages but is best suited for ages 3 yr +. Children must be accompanied by a guardian. There are limited spots, make sure you’re early so you don’t miss out.
Workshop Facilitator
Daisy Watt
Weaver & technologist
Daisy is a weaver and a coder, seeing both as expressions of the same practice. After a decade as a studio weaver, freelance textile designer, and educator, she watched the struggling textile industry vanish under the pressures of 2020. Her expansion into software engineering prompted by necessity, became a strategic experiment: a way to anchor her practice while investigating the deep knowledge transfer between craft and code. By navigating complex digital systems without a formal computer science degree, she proves that the devalued hand-skills of the past are the actual foundation of modern engineering. For Daisy, bridging these worlds ensures that craft logic doesn't become a silent artifact. She argues that the problem-solving skills found in the studio are the most resilient database we have, and they remain the only way to truly understand and move, the systems of the future.
Venue Accessibility
- NCM is fully wheelchair accessible
- All gender and accessible toilets are available on both levels
- Hearing loop available
- NCM is a high sensory space with a variety of noise and lighting.
- This program includes seating for attendees, please reach out if this is a barrier to you joining us and we can reserve you a spot
- If you have any other access needs please get in touch, we'd love to help hello@ncm.org.au
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