Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 7 pm – 9 pm
Show & Tell Closely interwoven: fabrics and cloths in capitalism, colonialism.
Discussion based on the artistic works by Dunja Herzog, Fatima Khan, Cate Lartey & Maryline Ogboko (in German).
Fabrics and cloths, the former luxury goods, have become commonplace. Nevertheless, as a craft practice they are still closely interwoven with social ideas. Fabrics are one of the few handicraft materials whose use by women is tolerated and even supported by society. However, the conditions of production and history of textiles are largely ignored. In a conversation about the theory, practice, and stories of various fabrics, the artists Dunja Herzog, Fatima Khan, Cate Lartey, and Maryline Ogboko make the connection between fabrics, capitalism, and colonialism.
Fatima Khan, born in Bhola in 1987, grew up in Cologne, is an artist, curator and presenter. She studied ancient languages and cultures – classical literature and German studies at the University of Cologne. She was the initiator and co-founder of q[lit]*clgn, the first feminist literature festival in Germany. Her artistic works capture banal everyday situations in a visual diary in which photos and videos merge to form documentary and art films. She produces and publishes through Instagram under @fatum.khan.
Cate Lartey is a design researcher from Düsseldorf. In her work she deals with notions of power relations and intersectional entanglements from a postcolonial feminist perspective. She explores these issues through film and photography.
Maryline Ogboko is a dancer from Düsseldorf and studies Textile and Clothing Management at the HS Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach. As part of her studies, she wrote a student research project that examines the Nigerian fashion industry from a traditional and contemporary perspective. Since 2019 she is one of the co-founders of the start-up initiative Ohemaa Green Housing, a concept that will build Tiny Houses in Ghana from recycled plastic.
The event is part of the exhibition Dunja Herzog MEANWHILE at Kölnischer Kunstverein.The series Show & Tell is supported by:
