https://art.kunstmatrix.com/apps/artspaces/?external=true&language=en&uid=139148&exhibition=15129986 

‘Patterning Futures: Dynamic Textiles’ is an experimental exploration of Irish textile heritage through immersive technologies and projections. The work engages with Irish motifs, patterns and the Irish linen industry, while foregrounding women’s central role in the linen production.

Drawing on Marylin Cohen’s Linen, Family and Community in Tullylish, County Down, 1690–1914, the exhibition highlights women’s skilled labour sustaining families, jobs, and communities.

Silk scarves reimagine motifs from Irish lace and floral patterns, translating historical knowledge into contemporary form. Several scarves are Augmented Reality‑enabled: viewed through AR, they reveal layered narratives and animated patterns. Projection mapping brings dynamic motifs to life on tulle and Irish linen, intersecting physical and digital layers with generative AI and immersive storytelling.

The exhibition asks: How do we translate textile heritage into digital space? What happens when women’s stories, often absent from the archive, are made visible through eXtended Reality technologies, projection, and interaction?