Scout Kit

Donnerstag, 23. August 2012

Trading style

TRADING STYLE – The Global Street*

What do fashion and style tell us about society? How do people from different generations and cultures communicate through clothing? How do fashions travel? How is individual style traded?

TRADING STYLE – The Global Street* opens at the Weltkulturen Museum 
on 7th November 2012. It sets up an exceptional dialogue between four 
international, cutting-edge fashion labels and the historic ethnographic
 collections of the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt. Visitors to the 
exhibition are invited to explore the rich connections between past and 
future worlds of global style and fashion.

The exhibition presents over 500 objects from Oceania, Africa, 
South-East Asia and America. Each artefact conveys exquisite 
craftsmanship and innovative design. From embroidered moccasins and 
sandals through to elaborately decorated bags, woven belts, 
rainbow-coloured feather headdresses and eccentric hats, the extensive 
collection of fashion items from the Weltkulturen Museum offers an 
outstanding variety of unique designs, patterns, colour codes and 
techniques from around the world. 

New creations specially produced for TRADING STYLE by four 
international guest designers, A Kind of Guise (Germany), Buki Akib 
(Nigeria), CassettePlaya (United Kingdom) and P.A.M./Perks and Mini 
(Australia), are presented in dialogue with objects, photographs and 
films from the museum. The designers’ exhibits include digital prints, 
videos and sound works alongside original textiles and garments 
developed as a part of their new “collection of a collection”.

*A Weltkulturen Museum/Theatrum Mundi/The Global Street Project

Participating fashion designers:

A Kind of Guise (Germany) www.akindofguise.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor April 2012

CassettePlaya (Great Britain) www.cassetteplaya.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor May/August 2012

Buki Akib (Nigeria) www.bukiakib.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor June 2012

Perks and Mini/P.A.M (Australia) www.perksandmini.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor July 2012

Artistic Director: Teimaz Shahverdi

Project Managment: Christine Peters

Public Presentations at the Weltkulturen Labor:

Buki Akib

"RHYTHM AND STYLE – Musical Instruments from around the World and their Influence on Fashion"

Tuesday, 26th June, 7pm

Perks and Mini/P.A.M. 

"P.A.M. TRIBE – Discussing notions of Neo-Tribalism, Community Spirit, and Subculture"

Wednesday, 25th July, 7pm

CassettePlaya

"WARRIOR SWAGGER – Male Initiation Rituals in Papua New Guinea, the Amazon and United Kingdom"

Wednesday, 8th August, 7pm

A Kind of Guise (München)

Wednesday, 2nd May, 7pm

Presentations with objects from the collection and films. In English.

Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

Entrance €3 incl. refreshments.