Show and Tell of Shifu: Storytelling Craft and Resistance

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 1:00 Pm – 2:00pm

The Web of Connections symposium brings together artists from Interweavings and Remediations to share their work and exchange on the common topics and themes from these two exhibitions curated by Nicole Burisch and Sally Frater. This online gathering will include presentations and workshops around the intersections of technology, textiles, craft, and materiality.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

In this Show & Tell workshop, participants will learn about the Japanese textile and craft history of kami-ito (paper thread-making) and shifu (woven cloth from this thread), and the significance of cultural heritage in contemporary art. The workshop will end with a story about ninjas.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

In this Show & Tell workshop, participants will learn about the Japanese textile and craft history of kami-ito (paper thread-making) and shifu (woven cloth from this thread), and the significance of cultural heritage in contemporary art. The workshop will end with a story about ninjas.

WORKSHOPS

Visible Mending with Gabrielle Trach

SHOW & TELL of Shifu: Storytelling Craft and Resistance
with Hitoko Okada

VirboPillow Jim Ruxton

Databending and Glitch Art with Robin Chantree

Craft Hang: Gabrielle Trach

Soft Circuits with Rythâ Kesselring