The Space Between: Textiles, Art, Design, Fashion

This conference-which takes place in Western Australia-focuses on the intersection of creative disciplines that has given rise to hybrid fields like biotechnology, cybernetic design, and nanotechnology. This event offers a forum for discussion and debate of the issues facing artists, designers, writers, academics, and curators-including such topics as globalization, traditionalism, Modernism, ideology, and "new" technologies.

Opening 14 April 2004 at John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology.The space between conference was initiated by the Textile Exchange Project and will be hosted by Curtin University of Technology (http:/www.curtin. edu.au), Faculty of BEAD (http://bead.curti n.edu.au/) (Built Environment Art and Design) at the University's Bentley campus and other locatio