Abstract
Flax Turns Foundation Cloth
Sat 24th Sept, 10am - 6pm, OAP Hall
A day of performance and talks as part of Christine Borland's Flax project
With Flax Turns Foundation Cloth, Deveron Projects and Christine Borland marked the end of Christine's project Flax (2019 - 21), Flax Turns (2021-22) and Foundation Cloth (2022), on Saturday 24th September from 10am - 6pm at the OAP Hall in Huntly.
The starting point for Christine’s project was Huntly’s heritage as a centre of Scotland’s linen trade during the late 18th Century. Between 2019 and 2022, she drew on communal experiences of growing and hand-working flax into linen to engender intimate connection to ecology and heritage and to develop matrilineal, alternative forms of knowledge generation and archiving.
The event was structured around a new work The Distaff Dialogues: Christine Borland & Grace Borland Sinclair, performing alongside special guest turns. Invited artists and speakers included: project collaborators Daisy Williamson, Lynne Hocking and Cath Snape; Dr Sally Tuckett (Glasgow University, discussing the Scottish women spinning linen in the 18th century and the enslaved people of the British colonies who wore it); Christiane Seufferlein on the Berta Flax Project; Annalee Davis; Caroline Gatt.
Sat 24th Sept, 10am - 6pm, OAP Hall
A day of performance and talks as part of Christine Borland's Flax project
With Flax Turns Foundation Cloth, Deveron Projects and Christine Borland marked the end of Christine's project Flax (2019 - 21), Flax Turns (2021-22) and Foundation Cloth (2022), on Saturday 24th September from 10am - 6pm at the OAP Hall in Huntly.
The starting point for Christine’s project was Huntly’s heritage as a centre of Scotland’s linen trade during the late 18th Century. Between 2019 and 2022, she drew on communal experiences of growing and hand-working flax into linen to engender intimate connection to ecology and heritage and to develop matrilineal, alternative forms of knowledge generation and archiving.
The event was structured around a new work The Distaff Dialogues: Christine Borland & Grace Borland Sinclair, performing alongside special guest turns. Invited artists and speakers included: project collaborators Daisy Williamson, Lynne Hocking and Cath Snape; Dr Sally Tuckett (Glasgow University, discussing the Scottish women spinning linen in the 18th century and the enslaved people of the British colonies who wore it); Christiane Seufferlein on the Berta Flax Project; Annalee Davis; Caroline Gatt.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Place of Publication | Huntly, Scotland, UK |
| Publisher | Deveron Projects |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Sept 2022 |
Keywords
- Art and Heritage
- textiles
- Performanc
- Film