Inca technology, woven robots and pluggable knots (Alpaca drop in session)

The khipu represents an example of a divergent lineage of technological development: used by diverse pre-Colombian civilizations in the Andes, it stored information in the form of knots. In this drop-by workshop in recreation with Paola Torres Núñez del Prado and Dave Griffiths, you can explore different arts technologies incorporating and inspired by khipu knots. This includes sound interfaces made by Paola as part of her doctoral research and creative practice, and their new ‘pluggable knots’ interface – large knots that can program how woven robots walk and dance around the winter garden.

Location: Winter Garden, Sheffield