Migrations exhibition
Summary
The Migrations exhibition brought together
artists, designers and a writer who use textiles
to communicate cultural exchange that is the
result of migration.
Supported by
Huddersfield Gallery of Art
ROTOR
Arts Council England
University of Huddersfield
Description of project
please see attached pdf
Description of work included
exhibitors:
1) Jasleen Kaur
Dear Lord Robert Napier (2010)
digital photographs and digital scan of Lambda
C Type Print
Photographer: Rachel Louise Brown
2) Studio Formafantasma
Colony: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) & Colony:
Asmara (Eritrea) (2011)
Mohair wool, cotton, ceramic tiles, polyester
Courtesy of Gallery Libby Sellers
3) Julie Ryder
Drawing for “Emma” (2015)
leaf dots, various plant species, archival glue,
Hahnemuhle 300gsm paper
Regenerate: 1808 & Regenerate: 1835 (2008)
silk, reactive dyes, digital print
4) Godfried Donkor
The Currency of Ntoma (Fabric) (2012)
video, 20 minutes 27 seconds
5) Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody
Stubborn Chicken, Whirl a Snake (2014)
silk screen and digital print
6) Dan Halter
Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo (2013)
new and used plastic weave bags, multiple of 8
Space Invader (Johannesburg taxi rank - Port
of entry) (2010)
video, duration: 3 minutes 4 secs., edition of 5
7) Pamela Johnson
audio recording, 2 minutes 4 secs.
8) Françoise Dupré
Stripes (started in 2009 in Mostar, Bosnia-
Herzegovina)
woven webbing, straps from carrier bags and
thread, bamboo cane and hooks
From Morant Bay: see the world (2014)
stitched woven printed polythene, PVC,
webbing
From Cluj-Napoca with Shetland motif (2014)
stitched woven and printed polythene, webbing
9) Toril Johannessen
Unlearning Optical Illusions (2014)
cotton, digital textile print
10) Claire Barber
You Are the Journey (An Embroidered
Intervention) (2015)
used ferry tickets, reclaimed yarn, pins;
needle weaving over used ferry tickets
Type of work
curation of exhibition, video interviews
Published in
Huddersfield Gallery of Art, England
Link to web site
https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/st/rotor/migrations-2016/
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Date
2017-01Creator
Hemmings, Jessica
Keywords
textiles
multiple
portable
migration
culture
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng