Professor Jessica Hemmings (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Cultural Threads considers contemporary artists and designers who work at the intersection of cultures and use textiles as their vehicle. Ideas about belonging to multiple cultures, which can result in a sense of connection to everywhere and nowhere, are more pertinent to society today than ever. So too are the layers of history - often overlooked - behind the objects that make up our material world.
The roots of postcolonial theory lie in literature and have, in the past, been communicated through dense academic jargon. Cultural Threads breaks with what can read as...
Cultural Threads considers contemporary artists and designers who work at the intersection of cultures and use textiles as their vehicle. Id...
