Lost in Lace is the name of new exhibition at the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. It is a collection of “New approaches by UK and international artists” featuring 20 names including Nils Völker, Reiko Sudo, Chiharu Shiota, Suzumi Noda, Atelier Manferdini, Naomi Kobayashi, Diana Harrison, Michael Brennand-Wood, Annie Bascoul and many more.

Step into a world of lace like you’ve never seen before. See how the patterns, materials and cultural traditions of lace are represented through radical new approaches by UK and international artists. Featuring large-scale, theatrical and visually spectacular work, this exhibition challenges perceptions of what lace can be, involving the visitor in an environment where spaces become fluid and thread creates entirely new boundaries. Many of the international artists are showing in the UK for the first time and artworks will be breaking out beyond the bounds of the gallery, into public spaces.

As a part of the exhibition, and produced by Nexus Interactive Arts, Sembler have created a free iPhone application that allows you not only convert photos into lace but also interact with pieces at the exhibition. Included as a bonus features, which only unlocks when your GPS coordinates are matched to location, allows you to “explore the digital space these sculptures inhabit via your phone and body movements” – video below.

Lost in Lace is a Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Crafts Council exhibition in association with the University for the Creative Arts, at the Gas Hall, Birmingham from 29 October 2011 – 19 February 2012. Admission to the exhibition is free.

The iPhone application was developed by Evan Boehm & Max Worgan using openFrameworks.

Previously on CAN: Darkstar: Gold [openFrameworks]