Can you imagine an exhibition where you are encouraged to touch?
Textiles are an intrinsic part of our lives -
clothing
shelter
furnishing
flooring
wrapping
comfort
ritual
It can be most frustrating to visit an exhibition with a focus on textiles
and NOT be able to touch. It is like denying an essential part of self.
However,
Prato's textile museum presented
‘Il Tessuto è Tutto' 'Fabric is Everything'
The show presented contemporary, local textile design as art
through sculptural installations that included sound and light,
and that explicitly invited the visitor to touch the works.
Textiles are an intrinsic part of our lives -
clothing
shelter
furnishing
flooring
wrapping
comfort
ritual
It can be most frustrating to visit an exhibition with a focus on textiles
and NOT be able to touch. It is like denying an essential part of self.
However,
Prato's textile museum presented
‘Il Tessuto è Tutto' 'Fabric is Everything'
The show presented contemporary, local textile design as art
through sculptural installations that included sound and light,
and that explicitly invited the visitor to touch the works.
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