Weaving 1:1 – (De)code (De)colonised Narratives

About

Weaving 1:1 is a day-long workshop that seeks to experiment and debate how the act of weaving might become a critical, relational and political medium. It tests the performative and procedural capacities of weaving in coding or decoding information, related to processes of cotton production and its links to past and present colonisation. 

The workshop focusses on two narratives that weave the history of cotton’s colonialism: one in a former Portuguese colony, Angola, and the other in the northeast of Brazil, in Pernambuco at a Quilombola community. Through weaving practices, these two stories seek to become a canvas to galvanise other conversations around multiple places and subjects of resistance, emancipation, ecology, and socio-spatial injustices. 

Key information

This workshop is organised by The Bartlett Decolonial Reading Group and will be mentored by artist and architect Fernando Ferreira and textile architect Mónica Faria.

Prior experience in weaving is not required and all materials will be provided. The workshop is free and has a limited number of spaces. 

If you are interested in participating, please email Fernando Ferriera at fernando.ferreira.18@ucl.ac.uk before 27 January with your full name and professional background.

Access

All our event spaces are accessible. For any additional support or information, please email or call 020 3108 7337.