Curtin academics have curated a fibre and textile exhibition to celebrate the 30-year sister-state relationship between Western Australia and Japan\u2019s Hyogo Prefecture region.<\/p>\n
Works by 25 Western Australian and 25 Japanese fibre and textile artists are now on display at the Western Australian Museum as part of the Re: a prefix exhibition.<\/p>\n
Curtin School of Art and Design staff Anne Farren, Moira Doropoulos and Trish Little who operate the WA-based Textile Exchange Project (TEP), curated the exhibition.<\/p>\n
The TEP has been involved in the development of cultural exchange activity with Japan since 1992.<\/p>\n
Curtin lecturer Ms Farren said the TEP allowed artists to express their talents whilst representing the different themes and traditions from Japanese and Australian culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor more than 15 years we have developed a number of exchange exhibitions throughout Australia and Japan that has revealed some exquisite talent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition to artists getting the opportunity to express themselves artistically, the TEP allows Japanese and Australian artists to exchange traditions and learn about each other\u2019s culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the exhibition reflected the role Curtin had played in the development of textile arts in WA.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore than half of the exhibitors have been trained and or taught at the University over the past 20 years,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Artists who submitted work to Re: a prefix were asked to focus on the themes and ideas around \u2018repetition and reflection\u2019 in acknowledging the Japanese and Australian traditions.<\/p>\n
The exhibition opened at the Hyogo Prefecture Museum of Art in Kyoto in August, and includes digital and dye-based media works produced by 50 Australian and Japanese practitioners.<\/p>\n
Japanese artists Nobuki Hiror and Chie Sakai and Japanese curator Keiko Kawashima were in Perth for the opening.<\/p>\n
The exhibition opened at the WA Museum on Saturday 12 November and will run until the end of January 2012.<\/p>\n
To find out more about the exhibition or view the catalogue, visit www.textileexchangeproject.org<\/a> Karys Nella, Public Relations, Curtin Anne Farren, Academic Coordinator Fashion and Design, Curtin Curtin academics have curated a fibre and textile exhibition to celebrate the 30-year sister-state relationship between Western Australia and Japan\u2019s Hyogo Prefecture region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17838","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":null,"photographer":null,"media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Â鶹ֱ²¥"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17838"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nContacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tel: 08 9266 3353, Email: karys.nella@curtin.edu.au<\/a>
\nWeb: http:\/\/curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Tel: 08 9266 2274, Email: A.Farren@exchange.curtin.edu.au<\/a>
\nWeb: http:\/\/curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"