UPCOMING
THE FOLD COURSE
The Fold is a seven-week online course structured around the fold as both tactile materiality and conceptual metaphor, supported by an exchange of readings, dialogues and creative exchanges. The course draws on key debates and hosts a collective exploration of (k)new knowledges, afro-sustainable practices, and ways of coming to know African fashion histories and futures. It responds to a demand by designers, artists, academics and decolonial thinkers seeking spaces and ways to develop new discourses for and with African fashion.
INTERESTED in NEW PATTERNS?
New Patterns is a printed workbook and an online learning journey developed as the first of its kind, an Afrocentric learning journey designed to offer students, designers, creatives, changemakers, cultural workers, and activists ways to shift their creative practice.
PODCAST
THE FOLD PODCAST
PROJECT
PAN-AFRICAN RESEARCH RESIDENCY
FASHIONING BRAVE NEW WORLDS - AFRICA AT THE INTERNATIONAL FASHION SHOWCASE 2019
This digital VR fashion exhibition, presented by AFRI, highlights the work of three emerging African designers who were featured at the International Fashion Showcase, held in London’s Somerset House in February 2019. The immersive virtual exhibition of the International Fashion Showcase was created for the digital platform Matterport, and was developed in collaboration with and supported by the British Council.
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