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Brief notes |
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 New
Textile Art Gallery in UK
Unseen Afghanistan textile collection, British Museum
New textile culture publication
The
Journal of Cloth & Culture'
Antwerp fashion Museum opens
MoMu
Norwegian Textile Art, exhibition in Hamburg
Allianz Textile Monument
Merger of Textile and Elothing Indusry Associations
Tex.Art
- Textile Agency & Gallery
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African Weaving, workshop in Stuttgart/D
Courses at the Archeological Museum in Frankfurt/M.
The Ruth Bleckwenn Foundation Grant
Symposium of the Textile Education Association in Berlin/D
Tour
d'Atelier, Rheinlust
Shibori by Veronika Moos-Brockhagen, exhibition in Cologne/D
Body Memory - Underwear in the Soviet Era, exhibition in Vienna/A
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Rehalp Artists' Workshop, Zurich/CH
Batik and Felt in Space, exhibition in Würzburg/D
"Attractions and Opposites" - Exhibition in Berlin/D
Insights, Perspectives, Prospects - Exhibition in St. Gallen/CH
"In Praise of Women"- From Cross Stitch to the Sewing,
exhibition in Munich/D
"Silvery Gleam and Finery of the Silk Roads", exhibition
at the Museum of Ethnoglogy in St. Gallen/CH
Werner Abegg Collection - The Early Years, exhibition in Riggisberg/CH
The Style Mixers, a group of young women in Wennigsen/D
"Fiber Crossing" - Four Kinds of Textile Art",
exhibition in Alfeld/D
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Reports |
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29th International Textile Art Symposium in Kowary/Poland
Multiples by Sibylle Petersen, exhibition in Hamburg
The Bowl, exhibition in Barcelona
2nd International Biennial of Tapestry Art in Beijing
Topsy-Turvey, exhibition in Northern Germany
Exhibition by Latvian Textile Artists in Jelgava/Latvia
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"New Wave: New Fibres - New Techniques", exhibition during
"Convergence" in Vancouver/Canada
"Women in Textile Art 2002: Interlacements, Fiber & Metal",
exhibition in Coral Gables/USA
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4th International Shibori Symposium in Europe, Harrogate/UK
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The Heimtextil 2003 in one day, report by Beatrijs Sterk from the
fair in Francfort/D
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Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar.
For the second quarter of 2003, 141 current exhibitions are listed,
29 specialized meetings respectively further educational opportunities
and 14 competitions.
The special pages for Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a calendar
of more than 62 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions
and fairs/markets.
(Up-to-date event overview see Calendar/ETN
Database)
EXHIBITIONS - DETAILED AND/OR ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES/EXHIBITIONS
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The 4th North American Tapestry Biennial
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Leopold Iklé - A Passionate Collector, exhibition at the
Textile Museum in St. Gallen/CH
"For Dignity and Adornment - Textile Treasures from Bohemian
and Moravian Synagogues", exhibition at Prague Castle/CZ
Eastern Western Luxury Textiles, exhibition in Los Angeles/USA
FAIRS AND MARKETS
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Designer
fair Surtex (www.surtex.com)
Techtextile
Fair (www.techtextil.com)
IMB -
International fair for clothing technology (www.imb.de)
Proposte - Fair for furnishing fabrics and curtains, Cernobbio/I
COMPETITIONS
Flexible IV: Identities, Textile Museum in Tilburg/NL
International Nettetal Textile Art Price 2003, Nettetal/D
Design
Prize Switzerland
4th International Textile Art Exhibition "Right and Wrong
Sides" in Kaunas/Lithuania
World Felt Meeting 2004 with juried exhibitions in Kecskemét/H
Felt
Hungary
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Fiber Art Biennial "Trame d'Autore" in Chieri/I
4th Design Biennial "Modulor" in St. Petersburg
CONFERENCES
Silk
Symposium in Northampton/USA
Techtextil
Symposium, Francfort/D
International
Lace and Embroidery Forum, Rimini/I
"Scythia" Textile Symposium, Kherson/UKR
Felt
Symposium "Kreatov 2003" on Gotland/S
EXHIBITIONS (Continued)
Experimental Work in Felt, exhibition in Tilburg/NL
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Anita Evenepoel: From Two to Three Dimensions, Geldrop/NL
Batik 2003 in Ghent - Art in Motion, Belgium
Fashion Festival "Atout fil met les voiles" near Nîmes/F
First Triennial of Miniature Textiles in Hungary, Szombathely
Sue Hiley Harris: Woven Structures, Wimborne/UK
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Textiles at the special show "Talente", Craft Fair in
Munich/D
Ritzi Jacobi: Textile Work, Karlsruhe/D
Art Nouveau Wall Hangings from Scherrebek, Krefeld/D
Embroidery of the Azores, Lisbon/P
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MAIN TOPIC: New Technologies and Materials
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High-Technology Textiles, article by Suzanne Lee
Avantex
Innovationsforum
"Burton
Amp Jacket", a snowboard jacket with a built-in MD-player by
Burton
"Oricalco
smart shirt", "Absolute Zero", "Liquid Ceramic
Jacket", Absolute Frontier" etc. by Corpo Nove
Medical
Textiles by Gore
"Heating
pads" by Gorix
Corpo
Nove Research Department
"Cooling
Jacket" by D'Appolonia S.p.a.
Electronic
keyboard made of textiles by ElekSen Ltd.
Light-emitting
fabrics with optical fibres by Luminex
A
research project by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Others
Eyes" and "Liferecorder", products by Motorola
The
Natick Soldier Centre, with research into clothing
"Met5"
jacket by The North Face
Prototype
of the "Cyberia" suit by Reima
The
"Smart shirt" by Sensatex
Softswitch
technology for the "Burton Amp Jacket" by Softswitch Electronic
Fabrics
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The Great Book of Bionics, book review
Smart Textiles, feature by Cathy Newman in National Geographic
Magazine; review
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Art and Design: New Technologies and Materials
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Form as Formation in Nature and Design - A Diagram of Forces,
article by Ann Richards
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Special reports |
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A revival of the "Panama"-Hat: The Montecristi Seda
Rosemarie
Pickl
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The History of Fibre - Textile and Fashion Exhibition at the Museum
of Decorative Arts in Prague, report by Dr. M. Stepankova
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Textile Education in Switzerland:
A new course in Textile Design at Technical College Level in Lucerne
Handweaving course in Lugano
The
Basel Design College
Pictoral Spaces - Spaces for Pictures, educational project with
Regula Wyss
Zurich
Academy of Design and Art
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