The 2024 Symposium begins today! We’re excited to be convening with textile lovers around the world. There’s so much to come throughout the week—talks, roundtables, casual social hours, and a special film screening this Saturday, Nov. 16, 10:30am–12:30pm EDT.
Please join us during the Symposium for a screening of Wax Print! The film will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan, moderated by Dr. Christine Checinska (Senior Curator, Africa and Diaspora Textiles and Fashion, V&A Museum, London, and VIAD, University of Johannesburg).
If you haven’t joined us already, there’s still time to register: live programming runs until Sunday, Nov. 17. Can’t attend? Registrants have access to presentation recordings for 90 days after the symposium.
Film Description and Info:
Wax Print
Aiwan Obinyan
97 min, 2018
1 fabric, 4 continents, 200 years of history
Surprised to learn from her Nigerian grandmother that ‘traditional’ African wax printed fabrics were a colonial invention made in the UK and Holland, British-born filmmaker and fashion designer, Aiwan Obinyan, sets out on a journey across the globe to trace the two-hundred year history of this iconic textile.
From the intricate hand-crafted batiks of Indonesia to the cotton fields of North America and from European industrial mills to the bustling markets of West Africa, the story of how one fabric came to symbolise a continent, its people and their struggle for freedom.
Instagram: @waxprintfilm
Filmmaker Bio:
Aiwan Obinyan is a Nigerian-British, Filmmaker and Composer. She has worked as a composer and filmmaker. Her work has appeared nationally and internationally she founded AiAi Studios, a production company specialising in music & sound design for Film, TV and artists.
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