Wax Print: 1 Fabric, 4 Continents, 200 Years of History | Screening
Wax Print: 1 Fabric, 4 Continents, 200 Years of History | Screening
School of Culture & Creative Arts: Material/Immaterial
Date: Saturday 02 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Venue: Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA)
Category: Films and theatre
Website: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
WAX PRINT: 1 FABRIC, 4 CONTINENTS, 200 YEARS OF HISTORY FILM
(Aiwan Obinyan, UK 2018 1hr 37m)
Surprised to learn from her Nigerian grandmother that ‘traditional’ African wax-printed fabrics were a colonial invention made in the UK and Holland, British-born filmmaker and fashion designer, Aiwan Obinyan, sets out on a journey across four continents to trace the two-hundred year history of this iconic textile.
From the intricate hand-crafted batiks of Indonesia to the cotton fields of North America and from European industrial mills to the bustling markets of West Africa, this is the story of how one fabric came to symbolise a whole continent, its people and their struggles. The screening of Wax Print will be preceded by screenings of African fashion short films and followed by a discussion led by Sally Tuckett (History of Art, University of Glasgow), with Sarah Worden (National Museums Scotland), textile designer Kezia Lewis, artist Gameli Trodzro, and filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan.
See also: Making Pattern, Making Meaning | Workshop
This event is co-presented by Africa in Motion Film Festival and the School of Culture & Creative Arts as part of its 2019-20 ‘Material/Immaterial’ season, and the Gallery of Modern Art as part of its ‘Domestic Bliss’ programme. It is supported by the University of Glasgow’s Knowledge Exchange Fund and Decolonise Glasgow Lab.