NEXTEXTIL at the BADW Festival
The Studio of Textile Art in Space presents NEXTEXTIL at BADW, an international festival of contemporary design. The project explores how traditional craft is transformed through dialogue with digital technologies and contemporary themes.
Cover image: Miroslava Antolíková, loom weaving, digital printing, viscose, linen
- Venue: Družstevný dom Račan, Detvianska 3, Bratislava
- Project leader: Blanka Cepková
- Co-authors: Beáta Gerbocová, Vlasta Žáková, Veronika Pátrovič Kočáriková, Zuzana Slušná Ondrejková, Ingrid Ondrejičková Soboslayová, Zuzana Šebeková, Jana Zaujecová, Broňa Bručková, Ilarii Omelchenko
NEXTEXTIL
In the age of digital media, the role of craft does not fundamentally change, but its meaning is transformed. It is becoming increasingly clear that craft enables people to maintain a physical, sensory and critical relationship with the world.
Katarína Beňušková, electrospinning, polymer, wire
Digital technologies are thus understood not as a replacement for craft, but as a new kind of tool.
The artist transforms the crafted object into a carrier of contemporary themes and stories. Traditional techniques can become a means of exploring questions of identity, memory, sustainability, the relationship between people and technology, and environmental attitudes.
Veronika Pátrovič Kočáriková, 3D printing on tulle
The aim is not merely to preserve these techniques, but to actively develop them and seek ways in which traditional craft can respond to contemporary social, cultural and technological changes.
Miroslava Antolíková, loom weaving, digital printing, viscose, linen
The project was supported by a KEGA grant.