What if your personal data, digital wallet and passport could be uploaded to your scarf? What if your shirt could detect the onset of a heart attack and alert emergency responders? Find out when “Smart Textiles and the Evolution of Fashion” is presented at 6 p.m. Thursday, January 19, at the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures by Christopher Muscato, Professor of History at the University of Northern Colorado.
“Our clothes say a lot about us,” Muscato said. “Our clothes protect us from the elements and are a vital component of identity, cultural association and self-expression. But what if our clothes could really talk to us? What if we could talk to them? We will thread the needle between science fiction and reality as we explore the future of smart textiles in both function and fashion.”
Admission to the program is $5 per person and light refreshments will be served. Advance reservations are recommended at globalvillagemuseum.org. The program is in conjunction with Textiles: Exploring Boundaries in the Museum’s Main Gallery. The exhibition showcases extraordinary fabrics and garments and examines our assumptions and perceptions about what constitutes a textile. The exhibition will last until March 25, 2023.
The Global Village Museum is located at 200 West Mountain Avenue, and museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Regular admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, $1 for ages 4-15 and free for children three and under. Adult rides receive discounted admission of $3/person. For more information, visit globalvillagemuseum.org or call 970-221-4600.
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