TEXTILE DESIGN NOW EXHIBITION:
‘Growing Patterns. Living Pigments’ by Julia Moser exhibited at the ‘Textile Design Now’ exhibition at the UQAM Design Center Montréal from 30/11/2023 to 11/02/2024.
‘Textile Design Now’ presents the work of 23 women designers and artists from around the world (Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Swiss, Taiwan, United States, as well as an artist from the Mohawk nation of Kahnawà:ke). This unique gathering provideS an opportunity to discover several previously unseen pieces.
Cutting-edge works by the artists on show reveal a wide range of unexpected practices, from weaving and 3D printing to sound and solar textiles, bacterial dyeing as well as the manufacture of replacement organs woven by silkworms. The exhibition space highlights the interweaving of tradition and innovation, experimental practices as well as the emotional potential of soft materials. A historical section and a selection of publications offer keys to understanding the rich origins of textile practices and the complexity of their cultural and societal roles.
CURATION: Christina Contandriopulos, Fabienne Münch, Louise Pelletier, Katharina Sand
ARTISTS: A+N Studio, Yosi Anaya, Estelle Bourdet, Felecia Davis, Aïssa Dione, Cécile Feilchenfeldt, Carla Hemlock, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Julia Koerner, Mari Koppanen, Louise Lemieux Bérubé, Anke Loh, Ptolemy Mann, Julia Moser, Gulnur Mukazhanova, Veronica Ranner, Marie Schumann, Reiko Sudō, Hiroko Takeda, Suzanne Tick, Pauline van Dongen
TEXTILE BEYOND CRAFT SYMPOSIUM:
The symposium ‘Textile Beyond Craft’ from 30/11/2023 to 01/12/2023 as part of the exhibition ‘Textile Design Now’ aims to promote a dialogue about new practices in textile design. Alongside keynote speakers Carla Hemlock (Mohawk textile artist), Reiko Sudō (designer and director emeritus of NUNO Textiles Japan) and theo tyson (Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston) and round table speakers Cecile Feilchenfeldt and Louise Lemieux Berube, Julia Moser will be part of a round table discussion on the topic of ‘Emotion. Colour. Texture’.
SYMPOSIUM ORGANISATION: Vanessa Mardirossian, Fabienne Münch
PAST EXHIBITIONS FEATURING THE PROJECT:
ETN summer jumble 2025: Growing Patterns Living Pigments at Textile Center Haslach from 18/07–20/07/2025
Symcraft networking event: Growing Patterns Living Pigments at Textile Center Haslach, 14/03/2025
Fuji Textile Week 2023: Growing Patterns Living Pigments at Saruya Hostel, Fujiyoshida from 24/11–19/12/2023
Textile Intersections Conference Exhibition: Growing Patterns Living Pigments at Loughborough University London from 20/09–23/09/2023
Fabcafé Tokyo: solo exhibition Making visible the invisible from 16/04–23/04/2023
Fabcafé Kyoto: solo exhibition Making visible the invisible – Textile dyeing with bacteria from 28/03–08/04/2023
