Event Description
Andean textiles—beautiful and complex—are full of aesthetic and technical marvels whose features are created through processes that link to conceptual ideas. The most basic concept of weaving a cloth with four finished edges, without cutting from the loom, underlies the primary textile traditions of the region. This requires the idea of intent: something made to be what it is intended to be, with forethought and planning. And this begins before weaving, before warping, before even spinning the yarns that will be used. Phipps will explore some of the basic underlying ideas around the making of Andean textiles. Focusing on key elements that provide a glimpse of significant conceptual choices, the talk will look at some of what Phipps considers to be extraordinary things.
Event Speaker
Elena Phipps, Lecturer in World Arts and Culture/Dance at the University of California at Los Angeles
Event Information
Free and open to the public; registration required.
Hosted by the University Seminar on the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at Columbia University.
