Fadhel will share passages from his new book, The Last Basket Makers from Risa, that reflect its patchworked nature, touching on themes of craft, heritage, queerness, diaspora, and everything in between. The reading will leave room for a light-hearted and spontaneous exchange with the audience.
From a local tradition coming out of a small historical world, to a tradition involved in a vast queer-worlding of making, The Last Basket Makers from Risa refers to a lineage of artisans producing the enigmatic Hedared basket—from Lennart, the basket’s first ‘last maker’—to Lennart’s great-grandson, Fadhel Mourali. This is his report on an open-ended process of identifying and crafting the material of kinship.
Fadhel Mourali is a London-based textile designer and handweaver. His woven work has been exhibited with the Textile Museum of Sweden, Swedish Craft Association and Rian Designmuseum. The Last Basket Makers from Risa is his first book, and its research has been shared at Form/Design Center, Nordiska Museet, Europe House Westminster and the Jan van Eyck Academie.
Profits from books sold during the event will be donated to Palestinagrupperna.
fuss fee is 25,- and includes a refreshment
Fadhel will share passages from his new book, The Last Basket Makers from Risa, that reflect its patchworked nature, touching on themes of craft, heritage, queerness, diaspora, and everything in between. The reading will leave room for a light-hearted and spontaneous exchange with the audience.
From a local tradition coming out of a small historical world, to a tradition involved in a vast queer-worlding of making, The Last Basket Makers from Risa refers to a lineage of artisans producing the enigmatic Hedared basket—from Lennart, the basket’s first ‘last maker’—to Lennart’s great-grandson, Fadhel Mourali. This is his report on an open-ended process of identifying and crafting the material of kinship.
Fadhel Mourali is a London-based textile designer and handweaver. His woven work has been exhibited with the Textile Museum of Sweden, Swedish Craft Association and Rian Designmuseum. The Last Basket Makers from Risa is his first book, and its research has been shared at Form/Design Center, Nordiska Museet, Europe House Westminster and the Jan van Eyck Academie.
Profits from books sold during the event will be donated to Palestinagrupperna.
fuss fee is 25,- and includes a refreshment
