Thursday, 12 April 2018 at 9:00 am – Friday, 13 April 2018 at 4:30 am
Textile and Place Conference
Location: Manchester School of Art / The Whitworth
This conference hosted by Manchester School of Art and The Whitworth draws upon Manchester’s past histories and contemporary associations with textile linked to place.
Textile as a socially dynamic, communicative and active material offers a rich seam of enquiry into how textile participates in and influences our lives. This conference seeks to examine how textiles connects with the idea of place in its histories, its production, sustainable future ecologies and in its narratives of migration, sociability and politics.
Textiles as materials are deeply linked to certain places, with associated specialist skills. They signify the nature of cultural identity, particularly relevant in the current socio-economic, political and global developments with Beyond Borders, an exhibition on South Asian textiles on at the Whitworth, providing context to this discussion.
Programme:
Thursday 12th April
9.00am – 5.30pm: Manchester School of Art with Lubaina Himid and Catherine Harper
6.00pm – 9.00pm: The Whitworth with performance by Raisa Kabir
Friday 13th April
9.30am – 4.30pm: Manchester School of Art with Kate Fletcher and Lesley Millar
General ticket for the 2-day conference: £75
Manchester Metropolitan Staff and Students, External Students, PhDs and Early Career Researchers (ID Required): £30
See the Textile and Place website for tickets.