State of Fashion 2024 presents: Through the Waters We Sew Other Brazilian Stories, curated by Hanayrá Negreiros
Exhibition in the intersection of art and fashion values Afro and Indigenous ancestral knowledge and takes place in São Paulo (Brazil) and Arnhem (The Netherlands)
State of Fashion 2024: Ties that Bind brings together creative practices in fashion, textiles, and contemporary art across the Global South. Curated by Louise Bennetts and Rachel Dedman, the Biennale has been decentralized, unfolding across the home site of Arnhem, the Netherlands, and three sister sites in Nairobi, Kenya, Bengaluru, India, and São Paulo, Brazil. Interlocutor-curators Sunny Dolat, Kallol Datta, and Hanayrá Negreiros have been invited to develop projects that respond to the themes embedded in their local context and community.
How are artists from the Global South addressing and contesting colonial legacies embedded in clothing and cloth? How are designers evolving inherited traditions, and engaging with the urgencies of our time? Rooted in the universal intimacy of fabric, Ties that Bind seeks to amplify the kinships and connectedness among global practices, and share the powerful human stories woven into what we wear.
In São Paulo, Brazil, the sister site curated by Hanayrá Negreiros is like a collective embroidery, where sewing is the method, memory is the guiding thread, and imagination is the backdrop. In this project, the cosmologies of waters are woven as a vivid metaphor. Stemming from Afro-Atlantic knowledge and the ancestral roots of Brazilian Indigenous people, the project is an invitation to delve into communal relations and spiritual connections that permeate our existence. Composed of female voices, it unveils narratives obscured by colonialism, intertwining politics, and poetry, where Brazil’s stories are challenged and reimagined through artworks that rise as symbols of resistance. Furthermore, the installation will feature talks that articulate fashion, visual arts, textiles, communication, and counter-hegemonic education, broadening the horizons of creation and aesthetic perception.
Hanayrá Negreiros
Hanayrá Negreiros is a fashion scholar, writer, and curator. Previously she was the Adjunct Curator of Fashion at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and she is currently researching a PhD in Afro-Atlantic garments, fashion, and black women in the 19th century.
Participating Artists
- Goya Lopes
- Dayana Molina
- Sallisa Rosa
- Isa Silva
- Angela Brito
- Nangayanga
- Aline Motta
- Bordadeiras do Curtume
Exhibition details
The Netherlands
State of Fashion Biennale 2024 | Ties that Bind
17 May – 30 June 2024 Arnhem – Rembrandt Theater, Velperplein 10, 6811 AS Arnhem, the Netherlands
Brazil
State of Fashion 2024 Através das águas costuramos outras histórias brasileiras
April 5th to 7th, opening on the 5th, 7 pm – 10 pm
Centro Cultural São Paulo – CCSP
Rua Vergueiro, 1000, São Paulo, Brasil
Sponsor
State of Fashion is structurally supported by the Municipality of Arnhem and Province Gelderland. From 2021, State of Fashion will be included in the national basic infrastructure (BIS) of the Ministry of OCW.
