Whether ”Becoming one with the wallpaper” is the optimal thing to do when we step into the contemporary world of patterns, we can’t really answer. But that patterns are the theme of this exhibition, yes, we know that!
Patterned Positions is the name of a new exhibition at the Textile Museum in Borås where 14 Nordic designers and artists delve into the subject. Here they explore contemporary textile pattern design for both space and body and take the visitor to a cross-border pattern world. Here questions are asked about ugly or beautiful, digital or analog, abstract or concrete. And maybe you will manage to find your answer.
We are surrounded by patterns everywhere. They are found in nature, in our homes and on our clothes. They are ever-present in all forms of design, not least in the textile field. They can be ugly and beautiful, they create illusions and they tell stories, and we wear them to stand out – or as camouflage. But over the past 25 years, the field has been fundamentally revolutionized, both in design methods, production techniques and approaches to patterns – largely driven by the development of digital technology.
– Contemporary patterns are a labyrinth of expressions, artistic methods and aesthetics that touch and capture their time in new ways. They constantly relate to the technological revolution, either by being clearly digital or through the analogue opposite, says curator Martin Bergström.
In the exhibition we get to take part in an eclectic and surprising contemporary pattern where it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw a line between fashion and interior design patterns and which moves between natural inspiration and abstraction, future and past, the playfully humorous and the graphically strict.
– There is an increased interest in textile pattern design and it is high time to make modern textile pattern design visible at the Textile Museum. The digital revolution has resulted in a greater breadth of patterns and colors, and digital printing is also often more sustainable, says museum director Ulrika Kullenberg. Contributors include: Henrik Vibskov, Lovisa Burfitt, Liselotte Watkins, Martin Bergström, Patrik Söderstam, Daniel Palillo, Edda Gimnes, Ingrid Berg, Klaus Haapaniemi, Margrethe Odgaard, Reeta Ek, Thóra Stefánsdòttir, Tronhjem Rømer and Tuuli-Tytti Koivula.
Pattern by Edda Gimnes Photo: Desiree Mattsson Teatouch: Ruben Kristiansen Hair & makeup: Linda Wickman Model: Eliiza Kuol
The exhibition is produced by Andrea Hasselrot and Skarp Projects in collaboration with the Textile Museum and runs from October 14 - August 25, 2024.
