Slow Activism through Textile Craft

Slow Activism through Textile Craft explored textile craft as a tool for collective care, feminist resistance, and sustainable transformation. Rather than approaching traditional crafts as static cultural forms, the project focused on…

Conversations on Decoloniality & Fashion

Conversations on Decoloniality & Fashion was an online dialogue series organized by the Research Collective on Decoloniality & Fashion (RCDF). The series explored the ethical tensions and power relations that emerge when…

Design through Craftivism: Stories Woven into Textiles

Supported by the Spaces of Culture Co-Production Fund, the project Design Through Craftivism: Stories Woven into Textiles brought together young designers, artists, climate activists, and agents of change to explore the transformative…

States of the Bath: Touching Water and Soap

The workshop States of the Bath: Touching Water and Soap was realized through a collaboration between the ArtMeet İzmir initiative and Sakin Mekân Agora, aiming to facilitate women’s collective production and socialization.…

A Sympoietic Fashion Practice: Bonds

Exhibited at the 2023 İzmir Textile Biennial, A Sympoietic Fashion Praxis: Bonds is an art installation inspired by Donna Haraway’s concepts of “Sympoiesis” and “Symbiogenesis.” The project frames the act of making…

Design Guided by Feminine Wisdom

Design Guided by Female Wisdom marked the Collective’s first public presentation. Co-organized with the independent art initiative ArtMeet İzmir, the event positioned the Collective’s members as activists and storytellers. The proceedings commenced…

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