View of Tjanpi Desert Weavers’ car fibre sculptures in exhibition PLAY – Courtesy Sesc Pinheiros
Including three artists from the Tjanpi Desert Weavers artist cooperative, the FITE – Biennale textile “PLAY” travels to Brazil.
A unique event of its kind organised every 2 years, the FITE – Biennale Textile honours both traditional craftsmanship, threatened by globalisation, and the creativity of contemporary artists using textile as a medium.
For its 7th edition in 2024, the FITE – Biennale Textile chose “PLAY” as its theme, because play is a space and a time apart from everyday life, with its own rules and its own limits, which encourages the explo- ration of other ways of relating to oneself, to others and to the environment. It produces pleasure, educational value, emancipating energy, an exercise in reason and strategy. It fosters creativity, problem-solving skills, divergent thinking and the development of new ideas.
Exposition PLAY
Sesc Pinheiros
Rua Paes Leme, 195 – Pinheiros – São Paulo
Informations et programme complet : Sesc Pinheiros
Beryl Bell, Donna Ferguson & Sheryth Bronson – “Tjanpi Utes (Véhicules Tjanpi)”, 2023 – Tjanpi (herbes indigènes), raphia teint à la main, fil de fer et pièces de métal recyclé provenant de voitures abandonnées – Dimensions variées – Courtesy Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
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Tjanpi Artists’ participation in the FITE – Biennale Textile has been organised in collaboration with IDAIA.
Image – Banner @ Courtesy Sesc Pinheiros
Image – Exhibition Icon @ HS Projets FITE
SOURCES: FITE Biennale Textile & IDAIA