24. September 2024

Enmeshed & Entwined: FABRICS OF DEPENDENCY BCDSS Exhibition Launch

Invitation to join the launch of the BCDSS Exhibition on Tuesday, 29 October 2024

We are delighted to announce the opening of our BCDSS Exhibition "Verstrickt und Verwoben: Texturen der Abhängigkeit"/"Enmeshed and Entwined: Fabrics of Dependency" on Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 18:00 at the Bonn University and State Library (ULB).

The Launch is followed by a Semester Kick-off Reception at the BCDSS (Niebuhrstr. 5) at 19:30. Everyone is welcome! 

Please note: registration for both parts of the event is required by 22 October (link below) as there is only limited space!

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Fabrics play a key role in the history of dependency. The production, distribution and use of textiles and their raw materials had and still has a huge impact on societies around the globe. In our digital exhibition, we reveal the underlying power structures that are responsible for the manifold "strong asymmetrical dependencies" related to fabrics. By drawing on more than 30 exhibits from around the world, our "story patches" will take you on a journey across time, regions and cultures, from the earliest settlements to today’s consumer societies.

We are launching our digital exhibition with a physical pop-up exhibition at the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) in Bonn, featuring a range of objects from our growing digital collection. Everyone is welcome!

Further reading:

In the accompanying volume "Abhängig" ('Dependent'), edited by Martin Bentz, Nikolai Grube and Patrick Zeidler, seven of our cluster members illuminate "strong asymmetrical dependencies" related to fabrics from a cross-cultural and diachronic perspective. However, they also go beyond the resource of textile and examine the diverse spectrum of human dependency relationships in connection with basic foodstuffs and luxury foods.

The volume will be available (in German) from Sandstein Verlag as of 20 October 2024. An English translation will be released in due course.

 

PLEASE REGISTER HERE BY 22 OCTOBER

 

Exhibition Launch: 29 October 2024, 18:00 / at ULB (Adenauerallee 39-41, D-53113 Bonn)

Semester Kick-off Reception: 29 October, 19:30 / at BCDSS (Niebuhrstr. 5, D-53113 Bonn)

Pop-up Exhibition: 29 October until 20 December 2024 / at ULB (Adenauerallee 39-41, D-53113 Bonn)

Link to Digital Exhibition
(as of 29 October 2024)

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