another way of speaking - 2nd TCN exhibition

We are excited to present the 2nd online exhibition of Textile Culture Net 2023/2024.

Curated by Bukola Oyebode, another way of speaking explores the body and textile as metaphors; an alternative means of communication. The exhibition asks how cloth is part of the body, or can replace it completely in communication processes.
In the featured artworks, anthropomorphic, deconstructed, multi-dimensional forms emphasize the agency of different textile materials. Subjects that emerge include identity, gender, femininity, notions of place, history, memory and women's labour in the textile industry.

Featured artists: Marcia Kure, Lucy Brown, Shradha Kochhar, LIN Pei-ying, Dagny Loe, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Daniela de Lorenzo, Ada M. Patterson.

Each year Textile Culture Net invites guest curators to join its curatorial team proposing an exhibition theme to which other curators react with an artwork proposition. This dialogue shapes a dynamic exchange of views, methods and perspectives on textile.

TCN’s online exhibitions are published on the institutions’ and guest curators’ Instagram accounts, connected by the hashtag #TextileCultureNet.

TCN’s fourth edition for 2023/2024 is co-funded by the European Union, within the framework of the prestigious Creative Europe program.
Grant Agreement n°101099994.

Marcia Kure, The Three Graces (triptych), 2014, acrylic wig, bolts, paint, polyester thread, rug and wood, variable dimensions.
Collection: Centre Pompidou, Paris. Photo: Sophie Thun.