About this Event
Over a series of conversations and workships with researchers and practitioners, we will discover how haptic practises of weaving, stitching and knotting inform our reading and writing of literary texts. Our panel discussion with renowned textile artists Anya Paintsil, Laura Thomas and Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara will delve into textile arts as a form of storytelling, in which each thread forms a tactile text to be read and experienced through the body.
From questions of identity, myth and belonging to acts of resistance, tactile forms have an agency of their own in writing narratives. Adopting new approaches to story making will help us explore, in turn, text as a tapestry--a woven form--with special attention to sensory modes of expression.
From text to textile and back to text, the project underscores the importance of embodied thought and is part of a broader call to move readers, writers and researchers out of the disembodied laboratory of abstract ideas and into physical engagement with thought, cloth, and writing.
Event venue & nearby stays
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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