Abstract
Womanifesto, a Thailand based women artists collective invited audiences to participate on their ongoing project WeMend that encourages people to come together to sew, embroider, patch and upcycle pieces of fabric into growing cloth work forming cross-border connections.
In our fragmented times, WeMend offered time and space to slow down – to commune, converse, repair and connect - individually and collectively contemplate on both material and non-materials matters in our lives.
The collectively made fabric piece made at Cooper Gallery will be sent to Womanifesto to be joined with groups working in Bangkok, Kumphawapi NE Thailand, Baroda.
These cloth fragments came together to form a continuous piece, and would be installed as a shelter-like structure in future exhibitions, where visitors are invited to continue attaching patches and make the fabric grow. The work will be part of Sharjah Biennale 16, opening February 2025.
Engaging in this meditative hands-on activity with sewing at its core was to nurture linkages with each other and in turn with all that surrounds us.
The workshop was introduced by Womanifesto via Zoom, hosted by Sophia Yadong Hao.
In our fragmented times, WeMend offered time and space to slow down – to commune, converse, repair and connect - individually and collectively contemplate on both material and non-materials matters in our lives.
The collectively made fabric piece made at Cooper Gallery will be sent to Womanifesto to be joined with groups working in Bangkok, Kumphawapi NE Thailand, Baroda.
These cloth fragments came together to form a continuous piece, and would be installed as a shelter-like structure in future exhibitions, where visitors are invited to continue attaching patches and make the fabric grow. The work will be part of Sharjah Biennale 16, opening February 2025.
Engaging in this meditative hands-on activity with sewing at its core was to nurture linkages with each other and in turn with all that surrounds us.
The workshop was introduced by Womanifesto via Zoom, hosted by Sophia Yadong Hao.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Sit-in #4 Public Event |
| Media of output | Participatory stitching workshop |
| Publisher | Cooper Gallery |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Oct 2024 |