GreenGlam: Exploring new textile narratives
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We can conceive of fashion as beyond clothing, as an expanded second skin that builds new relationships between sentient bodies, matter and the environment. Amid the climate crisis in which we find ourselves, we must urgently connect beyond our bodies and focus on matter, on its possibilities for transformation and the creation of new ecological narratives.
The “GreenGlam Exhibition: Exploring New Textile Narratives” reflects on the shift in textile methodology from a traditional approach to a new material awakening. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the work of designers Marta Repáraz, Martín del Busto and Arantxa Esparza, winners of the first edition of the Green Glam sustainable fashion competition. They will be joined by architect and designer Raquel Buj, who will be showing some of her most iconic pieces based on textile bio-art.
We invite you to the opening of the exhibition on November 19th at 7pm in the La Perrera building in Bilbao. It will be the perfect opportunity to meet the designers and celebrate their work with them.
Attendees can enjoy the exhibition for the entire week during La Perrera’s opening hours.
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DESIGNERS:
Arantza Esparza: The project aims to display the art of tailoring through ancestral techniques combined with technological tools that enable us to recall the value of the craft without compromising design, aesthetics and functionality. To do so, she has produced four costumes traditionally with her mentor Juan Antonio Andrade.
Marta Reparaz and Martin del Busto (Guzedido): aim to represent our industrial past by exhibiting different sculptural and performative pieces The creations, which combine the disciplines of their two creators, will be produced using ecological and/or biodegradable materials. Therefore, the innovative nature of the project mean that both process and the end result are key elements.
Raquel Buj (guest artist): Architect and experimental fashion designer specialising in new materials, innovative crafts and digital manufacturing, will present four of her most iconic pieces. She shapes alternative ways of working with the body that bring us closer to and sensitise us to our surroundings, to what is there and that which we do not see.
