ITB: Slow Fabric

“ … The human being who meets the world by wrapping him/herself in a fabric is sent to the other world by wrapping him/herself in a fabric again. …”

[The fabric mentioned in the opening quote from the exhibit refers to the swaddling cloth in which babies are wrapped when they are born … and to a similar cloth in which deceased are buried in the Islamic tradition.]

From the Scissors Exhibit at the Pakistan Pavilion at Kültürpark, Mom, Aylin, and I walked over to the Atlas Pavilion … the venue for another ITB (International Textile Biennial) exhibit.

The theme for this exhibit was “Slow Fabric,” and it featured the works of fabric artists from Türkiye and around the world. We loved this exhibit, slowly wandering through the maze of rooms inside the pavilion, carefully studying the works on display. Some of them made immediate sense to us … others had us scratching our heads, wondering how the artist came up with the concept.

This exhibit solidified our decision to check out the other venues where ITB exhibits are being hosted around İzmir. But that will have to wait a bit since we have a whole bunch of other plans on the calendar already.Read more