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OUR 2009 CONFERENCE HOSTSAfter London, the next ETN Conference will take place in Haslach, a borough in the Austrian Mühlviertel district near the German and Czech borders and in Linz, the state capital of Upper Austria and 2009 European Cultural Capital. Like the neighbouring Waldviertel district, the Mühlviertel is a historic flax growing region where linen trade has been recorded since the Middle Ages. In the first half of the 19th century Haslach became the base of the Vonwiller company that employed up to 2,000 people. Its factory complex dominated the small settlement both architecturally and economically until the company went bankrupt in 1999, leaving behind a brownfield site. Now, almost 10 years later, the 2,500-strong community of Haslach has finally completed reviving the huge building complex, with funding from the Upper Austrian state government and the European Union, in a redevelopment scheme that has culminated in a Centre of Textile Culture to be inaugurated in 2009. It will house the existing local museum,
a wool processing company called Haslacher Manufaktur,
a part of the Textile School – the only training facility for textile technicians still in existence in Austria – and Haslach Textile Culture, an association that organises extensive courses, lectures, exhibitions, and a weavers’ market each year, and is a long-standing ETN member.
The Textiles/Art & Design Department of Linz Art University and Haslach Textile Culture maintain close links with regard to the subjects they cover, as well as good personal relationships, especially between Professor Marga Persson, leader of the Textile Department at the Linz Art University, and her staff member Christina Leitner, board member of Haslach Textile Culture. She will be known to the Textile Forum readers among our ETN members as the author of “Papiertextilien” (Paper Textiles, see TF 4/04, p. 22/23) and as the person in charge of the project, “Spuren-suche/Design & Muster: Grenzenlos” (Tracing Designs & Patterns: Unlimited), which she undertook on behalf of two Mühlviertel weaving mills, and in her capacity as lecturer at
the Textile Department of Linz Art University (see TF 4/07, p. 36/37). Christina Leitner is also the person who coordinates the activities that concern us at ETN 2009 in Linz and Haslach. |
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The building complex of the former Vonwiller Weaving Mill
Christina Leitner (left) and Marianne Kneidinger from 'Textile Kultur Haslach'
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THE OCCASION, BACKGROUND AND MOTTO FOR ETN 2009
When looking for an interesting venue for our next conference, the inauguration of the Haslach Textile Centre in the summer of 2009 seemed just right. We also felt that the close relationship between Haslach and Linz Art University provides a fitting background. We will be happy to take advantage of the added boon of Linz being the 2009 European Cultural Capital, even though this will somewhat complicate the situation as regards transport and accommodation. For most conference partici pants, Linz will be the point of arrival or departure by car, rail, or air. For this reason we plan
a pre-conference session for members interested in educational matters at Linz Art Uni versity, and will provide a bus
to take them to Haslach after the session. We have yet to settle on a focal theme, but it will throw light on the comparative educational situations encountered at various European institutions. An exhibition on the theme is planned, and Linz Art University will provide its gallery in the city centre as the exhibition venue. The working title of the core
conference in Haslach is
“ Cultural revival of old textile centres through creative, educational, conservation and tourist initiatives” . The aim of the event is to begin linking comparable centres of textile culture on a Eu ropean level, for instance by an exchange of course instructors and other specialist staff, jointly organ ising and advertising touring exhibitions, and participating in other kinds of joint projects. Speakers from relevant textile regions
will be invited for this purpose.
NETWORKING
The diversity of the theme, which includes creative, educational, and tourist aspects, and addresses the role of museums in such centres, ensures that the Haslach conference will not be
a meeting for specialists only. The borough offers a good model – a museum that is inte grated with a wool-processing company and linked to a techni cal school with state-of-the-art equipment. Further links exist with Haslach Textile Culture, an association experienced in organising major events, which
is available as a contact for in terested parties in other Austrian or foreign regions.
For the first time in the his tory of ETN Conferences, there will be time for more than one day of networking among ETN members and their guests.
We expect to publish a detailed programme of events in late
autumn of this year.
Please make a note of the ETN 2009 dates in your diaries.
The progress of the conference programme can be seen under http://www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm
Members news
SUMMER ACADEMY
IN KAUNAS/LT
The organisers of the Kaunas Textile Biennial are preparing a Summer
Academy programme. Textile artists are offered the chance of
benefitting from the exceptional expertise of the lecturers at the
Kaunas Art Institutute, Lithuania. By the time this issue is
published, the programme details are available from the website:
www.bienale.lt. For details contact Almyra Weigel, Allerstr. 43,
D-12049 Berlin;
e-mail: summeracademykaunas@googlemail.com
6th INTL. TAPESTRY TRIENNIAL, TOURNAI
This tapestry and textile art competition has the theme “Dia-logue” and will honour Italy with its varied landscapes and its cultural diversity, inspired by a multitude of different mentalities, with all the specific features offered by its different towns. Creating a textile dialogue shall bring together two different elements in the form of a diptych. For the purposes of hanging, the work must be mural or in two dimensions. However, the artist is free to design his work inside or outside a rectangle. All techniques and materials can be used and are thus authorised as long as the principle of
interlacings in its broadest sense has been met. The minimum height
has to be 150 cm (max. 220 cm), the minimum width 100 cm (max. 220 cm). Registration deadline was 31 January 2008. – For more detailed information please contact: 6th Intl. Triennial of Tapestry & Textile Arts of Tournai, 1 Boulevard des Frères Rimbaut, B-7500 Tournai, Belgium; Tel: +32-69/846105; Fax:/846411; e-mail: triennale.tapisserie.tournai@belgacom.net; http://www.triennaletournai.be
This Tapestry and Textile Art Triennial will be held again from 14 June to 31 August 2008. This time the event will focus on the textile creation of Italy, a country of textile production and design, using new technologies and having a fine sense of innovation. There will take place additional activities from the fields of cinema, photography, fashion and tourism, all related to the theme of „Italy“. Altogether the Triennial seems to be enlarged in order to include textile art in two and three dimensions, fabrics, fashion and new textile techniques. The opening event will take place on Friday, 13 June.
ART OF THE STITCH 2008
This international open biennial exhibition is organised again by the British Embroiderers‘ Guild in cooperation with Coats Crafts. The 2008 edition was juried by an international panel: Edit Andràs/Museum
of Applied Arts Budapest; Chris Berry/Chairman Embroiderers‘ Guild; Carmen Calleja de
Pablo/Fundación Valentin de Madariaga from Spain; Michael Claridge/Embroiderers‘ Guild; Zelina Garland/Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; Alice Kettle/textile artist; Stephen Sheard/Coats Crafts; Lynn Szygenda/Embroiderers‘ Guild; Brigitte
Tietzel/Krefeld German Textile Museum. The results will be shown in the UK, in Germany, Hungary and Spain with the first exhibition taking place from 15 March to 15 June 2008 at Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, than from 28 September to 28 December 2008 at the German Textile Museum in Krefeld, from 31 January to 21 March 2009 at the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts and from 25 April to 20 June 2009 at the Fundación Valentin de Madariaga in Seville, Spain. The opening of the exhibition in Birmingham will be an important meeting place for European textile artists!
PATCHWORK COMPETITION ‘THE FEATHER’
A competition on the theme “La Plume (The Feather )” will be held
for the 14th European meeting of patchwork artists in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace/F. A panel of judges will assess technical
execution and artistic quality based on the theme. Submissions must
either demonstrate several of the basic characteristics of a
patchwork, or be related to textile art. Objects must measure no more
than
100 x 100 cm, with a tolerance
of 10%, must date from 2007/8, and must not have been exhibited
previously. The main prize is Euro 3,000; total prize money available
is Euro 7,000. Submissions must be paper prints or slides. A
participation fee of Euro 11 applies. An exhibition catalogue will be
published in September 2008. Information is available from Carre-four
Européen du Patchwork Initiatives Événements; 5 rue Kroeber Imlin,
F-68160 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France; tel: +33/389583310; Fax: /
3895867; e-mail: info@patchwork-europe.com; http://www.patchwork-europe.com
Registr. deadline: 12 July 2008
SOFT 3
The association of Madrid textile designers is organising the 3rd
edition of ‘Soft’, it is a judged international exhibition of fashion accessories – hats, bags, scarves, shoes, jewellery, umbrellas, fans, ties etc. This year they will also show clothing. The judges will make their selection based on technical skill, degree of innovation, and design, using images of the pieces. The organisers are hoping for lively international participation! Address:
Asociación de Creadores Textiles de Madrid, Apartado de Correos 14.060, E-28080 Madrid; fax: +34-91/8010415; e-mail: info@creadorestextiles.org; http://www.creadorestextiles.org (for the exhibition rules see ‘Actividades/Exposiciones’)
Closing date: 30 July 2008
2008 MINIARTEXTIL COMO
The 18th edition of the international exhibition of contemporary textile art 2008 Miniartextil Como will be held under the theme of „matrix natura“. The exhibition will take place from 27 September to 16 November 2008 at the ex-church of San Francesco, Largo Spallino, and at other venues in Como/Italy. Artists were asked to send only one piece of artwork, two- or three-dimensional, no larger than 20 x 20 x 20 cm (including the frame). The works were selected by an international panel. The jury will select the winner of the Antonio Ratti Award. The organisers will choose the winner of Arte & Arte Award. – Further details can
be found on the website www.miniartextil.it or via e-mail: artearte@miniartextil.it – Address: Arte & Arte, Via Pannilani 23,
I-22100 Como;
tel/fax: +39031/305621
4th EUROPEAN QUILT
TRIENNIAL 2009
Registration papers for the 4th European Quilt Triennial, taking
place from mid-October 2009 to mid-January 2010 in Heidelberg are now available from the museum: Textilsammlung Max Berk/Kurpfälzisches
Museum, P.O. Box 105520, D-69045
Heidelberg; tel: +49-6221/800317; fax: /584699050;
e-mail: kmh-textilsammlung-max-berk@heidelberg.de; http://www.heidelberg.de/museum
Deadline: 1 March 2009
IBERO-AMERICAN TEXTILE MEETING IN 2010
The new ETN member, Red Textilia Iberoamericana, presented itselve at
our London Conference
in September 2007. Their members are now planning the First Encounter
of the Ibero-American Textile Network in May 2010 in Costa Rica. This
meeting will be sponsored by the Costa Rican North American Cultural
Centre, and is planned as an event with lectures, workshops,
exhibitions and tourist activities. Please read their bulletin in
Spanish or English for more information on the activities of this
interesting new group, http://www.redtextilia.org; e-mail: info@redtextilia.org
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