ArteFab 2024

Over the years, cultural and artistic expressions have been constantly transforming through technology, finding their impetus in the global communication facilitated by the Internet. The emergence of digital fabrication has reshaped the concepts of design, manufacturing, and consumption, with artists at the forefront, pushing boundaries and constructing new imaginaries.

ARTeFAB - Puebla, Mexico - International Exhibition highlights the imminent impact of technological progress within the creative essence of human nature.

Nestled in the historic Ex-hospital of San Roque in Puebla, ArteFab transformed digital fabrication into an expressive medium, offering a playground where sculptures, interactive installations, machines and eco-futuristic fashion pieces collided with cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing and CNC machining and artisanal processes.

Photos: Claudia Simonelli

ArteFab International Exhibition was held in Puebla between July and August 2024, part of the Fab24 - Mexico International Fab Lab Conference and was curated by Alberto Blanco, Anastasia Pistofidou, Maricruz Chavez Garcia and Raul Babines, with the support of Fabricademy, Fab24 and Fab Foundation.

Among the topics investigated in the showcase by selected designers all over the world were: Bio Inspired, Craft Encounters, Embodied Dialogues, Responsive intelligence, Sculpting algorithms, Useless Machines.

Some of the International Project Showcased

Pictures: Claudia Smonelli

Fabricademy Projects: Zahia Albakri, Stephanie Johnson, Batoul Al-Rashdan

> Bio Inspired

(biobased, biomimetic, biofabricated) looks into bio based, biomimetic, digitally fabricated or grown artworks that question humanity’s planetary impact and reimagine the materials and the processes of making.

Biomaterials Research -

Textura EcoLab - Rafaella de Castro Lacerda

Bacteria Cellulose Research - Suhaib Kamal

Compostable Collection - Laura Weller

Buryat Bacterial Dress, Black Matter - Anastasia Pistofidou, Surzhana Rednaeva

Flower Mangrove - Alberto Blanco

Coffee Leather Jacket - Anastasia Pistofidou

Scarabaeidae - Paola González Osuna

Fabricación Digital en prendas sostenibles - Nelly Puertas

> Craft Encounters

Brings new aesthetics to our culture and heritage and gives meaning to the digital crafts, looking into ancestral futures.

Embodying Wildlife - Shahed Jahmour

BioPantone - Anastasia Pistofidou & FabLabBCN

Hanequein biomaterials - Future Fabrics Mexico 2024

Mayan Dyes - Future Fabrics Mexico 2024

Backstrap Loom - Future Fabrics Mexico 2024

BZA - Ala' Janbek

Fibres, Bits, Stitches and Beyond - Tasnim Hussein

Delia Barriga

Fibres, Bits, Stitches and Beyond - Tasnim Hussein

Interstices of Rebirth - Shahd Farran

Bedouin Bio Coins - Batoul Al-Rashdan

Luminaria Submarina - Renata Salinas Pavia

Eco-Vanguard - Alejandra de León

Oud - Palestitnian Embroidery - Mariam Hibraim

Fabric Treasures - Angela Barbour

Strip-p-ed Out - Stéphanie Vilayphiou

Turandot Armor - Cynthia Gómez

Fatar - Mariana Martínez Gómez

Metal-Art - Diego de Jesus Santos, Luis Camacho Luyando

Pulque de oro negro - Luisa Cedillo Mata, José Díaz Bellp

> Embodied Dialogues

Shows how technologies can augment the body using digital fashion and implementing wearable technologies in accessories, textiles, and prosthetics.

Expanded Lines - Dineshkumar Gunasekaran

3D Lingeries - Stephanie Santos

Expanded Lines - Dineshkumar Gunasekaran

Mountain Magistrate - Zahia Albakri

Anatomic Couture - Stephanie Johnson

Bllura Musa - Batoul Rashdan

Mountain Magistrate - Zahia Albakri

Beetle belt, Raúl Babines

Sorpresa, Maricruz Chavez

ISVEIG, Regina Estrada Valdes

Aun hay más en la moda - Cynthia Gómez

æ sensation map - Ieva Marija Dautartaitė

Alegrijesa - bigail Garcia, Andrea San Roman , Monserrat Islas

Alegrijesa - Abigail Garcia, Andrea San Roman , Monserrat Islas

> Sculpting Algorithms

The Universe through the microscope - Angélica Moreno

Portuguese Connection - Mark Blanc

Solvitur Ambulando - Mark Blanc

Forms generated by Mathematical equations - Alfonso Méndez, Carlos Ramírez, Diego de Jesús Santos

Lunatic Light - Alberto Blanco

Upgrade Required - Sam Conklin

> Useless Machines

controversies of developing technology for the sake of technology. It presents inventions, hacks, new tools and recycled parts.

Perpetual Change Machine - Brent Richardson

Cybernetic Chicken Carnival - Alberto Blanco

Strike Anywhere - Sam Conklin

The Value of Time - Eva He

Cultural Kaleidoscope - Carlos Pérez Ramírez

Photos: Claudia Simonelli

Participants of ArteFab 2024

Abigail Garcia, Ailyn Chang, Alberto Blanco, Alejandro Ortega, Anastasia Pistofidou - FabTextiles, Andrea García, Andrea San Roman, Angela Barbour, Angélica Rodríguez Alcocer, Antero Vejarano Velasquez, Batoul Al-Rashdan, Blanquita del Carmen-Jhoselin Ticllacuri Esteban, Carlos José Ramírez Pérez, Cynthia Gómez, Dineshkumar Gunasekaran, Francisco Flores, Georgina Rivera, Hakira Shumay Quispe Hurtado, Karen Antoinnette Honorio Carrillo, Laura Regina de Sá Oliveira, Laura Weller, Mariani Gutierrez, Maricruz Chavez, Misden Delgado, Monserrat Islas, Nelly Puertas Gallegos, Paola González Osuna, Paulina Hernández Galeana, Rafaella de Castro Lacerda, Raquel Bettega, Raul Babines, Renata Salinas Pavia, Roxana Rivero Castañeda, Salma Merari Zavala Duran, Shahed Jahmour, Shannon Sykes, Stephanie Johnson, Stephanie Santos, Suhaib Kamal, Surzhana Radnaeva, Valeria Corona Berlanga, Yahir González, Zahia Albakri

Some of the International Project Showcased

> Bio Inspired

> Craft Encounters

> Embodied Dialogues

> Sculpting Algorithms

> Useless Machines

Participants of ArteFab 2024

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