Workshop at Khio
14 Oct 2024 – 15 Oct 2024
We recently had the pleasure of conducting a two-day workshop at the KHIO (Oslo National Academy of the Arts) Art and...
The third chapter of re-(t)exHile unfolds in Oslo, marking a new phase in the project’s evolving journey through different geographies, materials, and communities.
After its origins in Lagos, this stage deepens the research into textile waste by weaving together new local narratives and practices.
In Oslo, the project engages with a diverse network of collaborators — from design students at KHiO to elderly residents of local retirement homes — weaving together different generations, skills, and perspectives. These collective actions result in new textile sections that extend the original work created in Lagos, now expanding within the public spaces of Deichman Bjørvika Library.
The Oslo edition also includes workshops, a symposium, and a final performative action, where all pieces will be brought together into one unified installation. This act becomes a symbolic gesture of community, reclaiming public space and reinforcing the collective responsibility in addressing the urgent crisis of textile waste.
