Science Café “Fashion as an Embodied System: Body, Perception, and Affective Technology in Artistic Research”

/please note that the event will be in Estonian only!/

The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA), Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), and Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (TLÜ BFM) invite you to this season’s last Science Café!

Clothing is not merely an object, but an environment that influences our perception, emotions, and behavior. This year’s final Science Café introduces artistic research that approaches fashion as an embodied system — a dynamic environment shaping the wearer’s physical and psychological experience. Drawing on concepts of embodied interaction and affective technology, we explore how material, sound, movement, and smart textiles function not only as aesthetic elements, but as sensory agents.

At the Science Café table, design, technology, body awareness, and traditional embodied knowledge come together to interpret clothing as a sensitive and responsive interface between the body and the environment — a system in which historical material practices and contemporary technology intertwine to create a new experiential space.

The discussion will be moderated by Kristi Kuusk, researcher at EKA (smart textiles & perception).

• Piret Puppart, Professor at EKA (fashion design, ethnographic clothing)
• Paula Veske-Lepp, Professor at Tallinn University of Applied Sciences (smart textiles, engineering)
• Einike Leppik, Lecturer at EMTA / doctoral student at the Milan Conservatory (music therapy, composer)

Thank you for signing up here so that we know how many people to expect!

The event is free and open to all interested participants and is supported by the Estonian Research Council’s science popularisation programme.