TEXTile manifestoes

Abstract

"The TEXTile Manifestoes is an interdisciplinary anthology that assembles and interweaves questions related to textile art, fashion and textuality into broader political, sociological, philosophical, art history and historical frameworks thereby expanding their range of textural interconnections. This anthology departs from the genre-related ambivalence of the manifesto as a modern male form of authoritatively demanding radically different futures by using the manifesto to connec with the triadic complex of TEXT--TEXTile--TEXTure in order to reflect, refashion and redefine it in creative, critical, deconstrutive and decolonial ways. Departing from the structural and metaphorical contiguity of texts and textiles, TEXTile Mannifestoes aims to rethink the political and ethical in a world desperately seeking the certainties and clear programmes of modern manifestoes without returning to the worst forms of historical totality."-- Provided by publisher.