Sonic Fabric & The Essence

With the FASHION LAB, the MAK is initiating an experimental examination of intelligent fashion as its own field of applied arts. Future-oriented projects commissioned by the MAK are to examine interactions between fashion and new technologies, with the topic of smart textiles opening up an interdisciplinary discourse focused on that area where art, design, science, and research intersect and overlap. This series will begin with a focus on Sonic Fabric. With the site-specific installation BLESS No.45 Soundperfume, the studio BLESS (Berlin/Paris) will be joining forces with Popkalab
 (Rotterdam/Rio de Janeiro) to transform the MAK Design Space into an interactive sonic landscape composed of articles of clothing and space accessories for the analog and digital production of sound.

THE ESSENCE 13 presents selected solo and group works of this year´s students and graduates of all classes. The annual exhibition of the University of applied Arts Vienna is the highlight of the academic year and reflects the variety of artistic disciplines and cross-genre interdisciplinary at the Angewandte.

On display are projects and works from the fields of Architecture, Art & Science, Fine Arts, Scenography, Design, Industrial Design, Conservation and Restoration, Teaching, Media Design, Social Design, Language Arts and Transarts.