Stories of territories, people and living knowledge.
In Ladakh, altitude changes everything. The air becomes thinner. Vegetation becomes sparse. Temperatures shift dramatically between seasons and between day and night. Human and animal life adapt to conditions that leave little room for...
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For much of modern cultural history, textile occupied an uncertain position. It could be functional, decorative, domestic or artisanal, yet it often remained outside the central narratives of contemporary art and design. That distinction...
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In Oaxaca, textile knowledge is everywhere. It exists in fibre and colour, in weaving and embroidery, in markets and workshops, in clothing worn every day and in objects that travel far beyond the communities...
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Mexico City offers another way of encountering textile. Here, the conversation moves away from the place where a fibre grows or an ancestral technique originates and towards the spaces where those histories are being...
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There are places where textile is more than material. It becomes a way of understanding the world. In the highlands of Chiapas, fibres, techniques and forms are inseparable from the communities that have carried...
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Before the first thread is set on the loom, there is a morning. A fire lit before dawn. This is the world where our textiles begin.
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Some places are shaped by textiles so deeply that cloth becomes part of the way the city understands itself. Ahmedabad is one of them. For generations, cotton, weaving, trade, mills, handloom traditions and textile...
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Sometimes a material changes the questions we ask. Our research into Coyuchi cotton in Guerrero, Mexico, began with its colour. Warm browns, earthy ochres and subtle variations appear in the fibre before anything has...
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