Symposium on Moroccan textiles with Moroccan designers
Fashion Designer: Salma Abdel-Wahab
Various Speakers
Date: 3 December 2011Time: 10:00 AM
Finishes: 3 December 2011Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: UCLRoom: Jeremy Bentham Room
Type of Event: Symposium
The symposium will explore Moroccan textiles in their historical and social context; contemporary Moroccan textile designers and artists will present their work and creations.
Designers include: Izza Genini, Isabelle Riagoff, Habiba Aoudia, Frieda Sorber, Myriem Naji, Angela Jansen, Hasan Kabil, Soumiya Jalal Mikou, Soukaina Aziz El Idriss, Salima Abdel-Wahab and Noureddine Amir.
Places are limited. To book please contact m.naji@ucl.ac.uk
Programme
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration & coffee |
| 10.00-10.45 | Izza Genini - film: “For eyes’ delight”. |
| 10.45-11.15 | Isabelle Riaboff - Retying the threads of Fez’s hand-loomed figured weaves |
| 11.15-11.45 | Habiba Aoudia - Fez belt: Between continuity and rupture |
| 11.45-12.15 | Frieda Sorber - The Akhnif cloak |
| 12.15-12.30 | Lisa Bernasek - Moroccan Garments in the Peabody Museum, Harvard |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30-14.15 | Myriem Naji - Domesticating the international market |
| 14.15-14.45 | Jenny Paul-Balfour - Indigo: Magical blue of the Maghreb |
| 14.45-15.20 | Angela Jansen - Three generations of Moroccan fashion designers |
| 15.30- | Tea, Followed by Presentation of their work by designers and discussion: Soukaina Aziz El Idriss, Soumiya Jalal Mikou, Salima Abdel Wahab & Noureddine Amir
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