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Exploring Decoloniality and Roots: Collaborative Art at Jan van Eyck Academy

Last June I was an artist in residence at Fashionclash in Maastricht. For a week we talked about (De)coloniality and roots, while working with our hands on a cloth made by the Linen Project. For months after the talks resonated in my head and in my work.

Today at 15:00 at the Jan van Eyck Art academy in Maastricht, the participants of the residency along with Crafts Council Nederland Tailors and Wearers and RCD Fashion will talk again about decoliniality and roots.

Soundscapes on roots will accompany the cloth we worked on. The cloth was first in Maastricht, traveled to Spain, Rotterdam and Amsterdam where people enriched the cloth with different techniques and stories .

I worked on the cloth in my studio  with some of my friend artists: Aizuri by Hiske ter Veld, Doodkonijn, Amanda and Charlotte. And we added the ancient technique of Batik to the cloth.

So today at 15:00 you can tune in with this link, online or in person.

Music for this video is: Inner piece by David Labeij

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Decolonial Fashion Residency

Last week, I had the honor of spending time with a remarkable and inspiring group of individuals at the Decolonial Fashion Residency, organized by Fashionclash in Maastricht. This topic is very close to my heart and my slow fashion studio in Amsterdam.

We had two inspiring speakers: Sandra Niessen from the research collective Decoloniality and Fashion, and Zinzi de Brouwer from Studio Palha.

The week was filled with personal stories, backgrounds, and thoughtful discussions. We also worked hands-on with a special piece of cloth from the Linen Project.

Now back home, we are still processing the experiences from those days. The story continues as the cloth travels with the different makers who participated.

The impact on my work and others’ will reveal itself in time.