Telling Textiles – Ilica Translations
From 15th April to 11th May 2024, Berlin-based fashion artist Aïcha Abbadi is staying in Zagreb for a residency with CIMO – Centre for Fashion and Clothing Research. She will be working on her new project ‘Telling Textiles – Ilica Translations’ and offer collective research sessions and artistic fashion workshops for students and local residents.
The research explores the scarves traditionally worn as head coverings and aprons by women in the rural context in their variety of styles and significations and the necktie as Croatia’s sartorial national symbol, from its early functional form to decorative cravats and the structured adornment associated with formal urban menswear. Following their histories, similarities and divides, the research seeks to connect local textile heritage and symbolism to contemporary personal, local and global narratives. As a continuation of the ‘Ilica Investigations’ that have taken place in November 2023, the research will further investigate and discuss where fashion takes place in the area around Ilica. The resulting ‘Ilica Translations’ will form a collection of ‘TELLING TEXTILES’ that explore current issues, spaces of potential and artisanal production through artistic fashion research. Contributing to the local narrative and to the greater critical fashion discourse, the items created are made to be passed along through time, shared, discussed and remembered.
Activities:
Ilica Investigations #2: Textile Narratives / Student workshop / 24-25/04 /2024
Public DIY workshop @ City Museum Zagreb: / Telling Textiles – Scarves and Cravats / 8/5/2024
The outcomes from the residency will be presented in an interactive exhibition with a guided artist tour at Zelena Akcija 10/5/2024 at 6 pm.
Through theory and practice, Aïcha Abbadi (*1993, G.D. Luxembourg, lives and works in Berlin) explores fashion's boundaries and reflects on the discipline itself: its narrative potential and poetry, the industry's complex social relations, its ethical and environmental shortcomings as well as its optimism, dedication and potential solutions. Interested in niche fashion practices and alternative ways of making and being in fashion, she considers these contributions to be essential for a shift in perspective that interrupts fashion's main narratives. She is also invested in neighbourhood initiatives in Berlin that create shared community spaces and foster active participation, for creative, culturally and socially diverse environments.
More information: www.aichaabbadi.com
Visual: Aïcha Abbadi
With the friendly support of Culture Moves Europe.
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Disclaimer:
This work is produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
