Δ CONVERSATION IN THE EXHIBITION „THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking“
With Berit Mohr (anthropologist and costumier)
Why are the principles for the first computer based on a loom? Why do so many maths teachers in Peru come from the families of weavers? What meanings lie behind the language of textile idioms? On this tour, Berit Mohr provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.
€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Conversation in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Δ CONVERSATION IN THE EXHIBITION „THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking“
With Bea Barrois (Artist and Art Educator)
Why are the principles for the first computer based on a loom? Why do so many maths teachers in Peru come from the families of weavers? What meanings lie behind the language of textile idioms? On this tour, Bea Barrois provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.
€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
The exhibition THE COMMON THREAD includes colourful textiles and fabrics decorated with fascinating objects and legendary mythical creatures. But what are the legends narrated by the figures and decorative elements of a shawl from the Bolivian Andes? Together, we explore the exhibition uncovering the secrets of mysterious myths and legends. Afterwards, we create our own fantasy stories and magical creatures, and print them on fabric bags.
For children from six years old
€6. No registration required
Weltkulturen Education, Schaumainkai 29
“In C” (by Terry Riley) performed by students of the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt (HfMDK) with the Institute of Contemporary Music IzM
“In C” by Terry Riley, which dates from 1964, is a semi-aleatoric piece of music regarded as one of the earliest examples of minimal music. In Riley’s composition, one can find associative connections between music and the ‘textile’ way of thinking. The piece also has a ‘common thread’ providing a structure. At the same time, it allows space for flexible interpretations in how the piece is realised – in a similar way to producing textiles based on a model.
As the result of a workshop with Megumi Kasakawa (viola player in the Ensemble Modern), “In C” is performed by students at the University for Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt (HfMDK) in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD.
A cooperation between the Weltkulturen Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Music IzM at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt (HfMDK).
Visitors in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum 2016. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Δ CURATOR’S GUIDED TOUR “THE COMMON THREAD”
With Julia Friedel (curator Africa, Weltkulturen Museum)
Threads, materials and patterns are taken for granted as a natural part of our daily life. Around the world, textile ideas and terms shape our language, narratives, stories and myths. The making of textiles stimulates our spatial and mathematical thinking. Taking the museum’s textile collections from the Americas, South East Asia, Oceania and Africa as a basis, curator Julia Friedel reflects on and presents the culturally diverse techniques of textile production.
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