Reading paths / 04 · 25 min

Cloth carries testimony

A printed pattern, hand-spun khadi, a commemorative kanga, an arpillera and a white handkerchief. Cloth can be a garment, a message and a witness.

Who is allowed to speak through a piece of cloth?

Stations / 06

01

Strawberry Thief textile ↗

Beauty, at what price?

02

Khadi and the spinning wheel ↗

Cloth as a political economy

03

Kanga memorialising Julius Nyerere ↗

Cloth that carries a public message

04

Arpilleras of resistance ↗

A cloth can carry testimony

05

Pañuelo de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo ↗

A white cloth as a demand

06

Geometric textile designs ↗

The avant-garde gets dressed

Read the accompanying essay ↗