Δ CONVERSATION IN THE EXHIBITION „THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking“

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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

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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.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The warp and weft of thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ THEME RELATED GUIDED TOUR

"Weaving, crocheting, and knitting … a man’s or woman’s realm?"
with Berit Mohr (Costume designer and cultural scholar)

According to the cliché, working with textiles is gendered female. For many people even today, crocheting and knitting conjure up images of a ’plain Jane’ or ’proper little hausfrau’. So is working with textiles also a site of a constant ‘gender war’? Looking at the world without Eurocentric glasses, it soon becomes clear just how untenable such stereotypes are.
This tour offers a deeper insight into the links between textile production processes, identity and gender roles.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The warp and weft of thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CONVERSATION IN THE EXHIBITION „THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking“

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Δ TALK AND PRESENTATION

“The Art of Twining: Maori Textiles from New Zealand”
With Rangi Te Kanawa (textile conservator, National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand)
 

The traditionally produced Maori textiles made of New Zealand flax impressively illustrate the prestige and status attached to these items of clothing in Maori culture. As an important heirloom, these magnificent and highly-prized cloaks were passed down from generation to generation. Producing the materials and weaving the textiles by twining requires complex and careful preparation, and has to adhere to traditional customs and rites. Weaving traditional clothing is still a vibrant tradition among Maori communities, and a crucial element in Maori culture.
Taking the example of the traditional cloaks (kaitaka) on show in THE COMMON THREAD exhibition, Rangi Te Kanawa, herself a weaver, offers an insight into the Maori weaving techniques and explains the significance of these textiles for the Maori people. She then explores the topic in more detail in a talk held just a short walk away in the Panelled Room of the Weltkulturen Labor.

€5 / €2.50
In English
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ THEME RELATED GUIDED TOUR

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CONVERSATION IN THE EXHIBITION

“THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
With Stephanie Endter (curator Education, Weltkulturen Museum)

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, Stephanie Endter provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR

“Looping the loop: Making string bags from New Guinea”
With Hofagao Kaia-Hauth (theologian, textile maker, Papua New Guinea)

Aside from crocheting and knitting, there are also other meshing techniques to produce textiles from a continuous thread – the technique used to make string bags (bilum) in Papua New Guinea. Hofagao Kaia-Hauth explains the basic principles for this special meshing technique.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

Registration required at:
or 069 212 45115
€9 / €4.50
In German
For adults
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR

“Talking patterns”

What do patterns signify and how are they created on the fabric? The resist-dye technique is one particular approach to making patterns by tying up or covering with wax those parts of the fabric which should not be dyed. The technique can be found in many parts of the world, for example, as shibori in Japan, batik in Indonesia or adire in Africa, although each method uses slightly different approaches to create patterns with different meanings. We explore some of these techniques and work with batik, shibori and tie-dye methods to dye our own patterns on fabric.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

No registration required
€6
For children and teenagers from ten years old
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ THEME RELATED GUIDED TOUR

"Weaving, crocheting, and knitting … a man’s or woman’s realm?"
With Berit Mohr (Costume designer and cultural scholar)

According to the cliché, working with textiles is gendered female. For many people even today, crocheting and knitting conjure up images of a ’plain Jane’ or ’proper little hausfrau’. So is working with textiles also a site of a constant ‘gender war’? Looking at the world without Eurocentric glasses, it soon becomes clear just how untenable such stereotypes are.
This tour offers a deeper insight into the links between textile production processes, identity and gender roles.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CONSERVATORS GUIDED TOUR

“Simply iron?”
With Kristina Werner (conservator, Weltkulturen Museum)

What does the work of conservators involve? What are their tasks in setting up an exhibition? And are the textiles in a museum ever ironed? Our conservator Kristina Werner provide not just the answers, but also a rather different perspective on the exhibition.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CONSERVATORS GUIDED TOUR

“Simply iron?”
With Mareike Mehlis (conservator, Weltkulturen Museum)

What does the work of conservators involve? What are their tasks in setting up an exhibition? And are the textiles in a museum ever ironed? Our conservator Kristina Werner provide not just the answers, but also a rather different perspective on the exhibition.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ FILM SCREENING

“The True Cost – The Price of Fashion” by Andrew Morgan (2015, 92 min)

To mark Fashion Revolution Week, the Weltkulturen Museum is screening a documentary taking a critical look at the ways our clothes are produced.
If possible, the audience is asked to bring along cut out ‘Made in ...’ labels from their clothes.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€5 / €2.50
In German
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ SATOURDAY

“All colours under the sun”

What are natural colours, what are they made from, and how are they different from synthetic colours? We take a closer look at the colours of the textiles in THE COMMON THREAD exhibition, and dye material using a wax or tie-dye technique.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

For families with children from six years old
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ THEME RELATED GUIDED TOUR

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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