innocent (which is his real name) is a live coder based in South Yorkshire. He brings a fusion of modern melodic synths with rhythmic dance beats, through live code in the Yorkshire-born FoxDot environment.| Alpaca 2025
Dave Griffiths is a founding director of Then Try This, an independent non-profit research organisation he runs with Amber Griffiths in Cornwall that hosts Alex McLean’s Alpaca project. He develops experimental open source technology based in textile cultures, weaves using ancient methods (tablet weaving), and occasionally works with Aphex Twin on strange music projects (Samplebrain and Midimutant). He also runs workshops for families exploring mine waste in Cornwall, searching for naturall...| Alpaca 2025
Paola Torres Núñez del Prado is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of code, “artificial intelligence”, and textile-based technologies. Her practice investigates alternative lineages of computation beyond dominant Western narratives, drawing inspiration from Andean khipus, algorithmic traditions in weaving, and ecological forms of communal intelligence. Her recent projects include Sentient Weaves, a series of interactive lichen-based textiles that respond to touch and m...| Alpaca 2025
Heavy Lifting is the solo project of Lucy Cheesman, a sound artist, musician, producer and organiser whose work can be placed within a number of different fields, often blurring the boundary between the visual, the audible and the digital. Lucy is a founder member of SONA (a network supporting women in Sheffield through experimental sound […]| Alpaca 2025
Etta Sandry is an artist, educator, and facilitator who works in the expanded material practices field between craft, contemporary art, and creative research. Through weaving and sampling she seeks to materialize the possibilities available in seemingly fixed systems. Etta completed an MFA in the Fibre & Material Practices program at Concordia University in Montreal and was the 2022 Experimental Weaver in Residence at the Unstable Design Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder where she is...| Alpaca 2025
Tonje Kristensen Johnstone is a Senior Lecturer and PhD in Textile Design with over 15 years of experience teaching subjects such as textile print, surface pattern design, and design methods. Her never-ending passion lies in the field of surface patterns—an area that has continually shaped both her teaching and research.In her PhD research, Kristensen Johnstone […]| Alpaca 2025
Stephanie Pan is a composer, interdisciplinary maker, voice artist performer, and designer. Her work is a mutating combination of live music/sound art/(physical-)theater/(participatory-)performance art/textile art/installation. Central to her art practice is the notion of ‘analog digital’, approaching contemporary art from an analog, hands-on approach while reflecting and digesting digital technology and aesthetics within the realm of […]| Alpaca 2025
I was born in Tallinn in 1963. Graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) 1986, textile design. Worked in the textile factory after graduation for 6 years. Teaching at EKA 1990-2004. Work at Pallas University of Applied Sciences (Pallas UAS) since 2005, since 2020 as a professor. I started to take part in the exhibitions […]| Alpaca 2025
