Linen Biennale Conference 3rd and 4th October 2018
RECALL / DAY 1 Morning:
Welcome from British Council & ACNI
Session chaired by Valerie Wilson of Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and speakers include
Sylvie de Coster: Conservator Texture Flax Museum Coutrai/ Kortrijk who is Celebrating the Past, Present & Future of Flax
Mary Mullin, Trustee: Robin & Lucienne Day Foundation & Chairman of Sir Misha Black Awards for Distinguished Services to Design Ed. Talking about Longevity of Design
Mario Sierra of Mourne Textiles in conversation with Fiona McKelvie
Patricia Belford of University of Ulster sharing Linen Lace Liddell: archives and her research informing practice.
RETHINK / DAY 1 Afternoon:
Chaired by Chris McCreery -NI Science Festival and speakers include:
Gill Gledhill: UK & Ireland strategic partner, the European Confederation of Flax & Hemp, CELC. Speaking on Design-led Fibre / Materials Promotion: The CELC’s “I Love Linen Campaign”
Malgorzata Zimniewska: Institute of Natural Fibres & Medicinal Plants, Poznan sharing the Flax ‘Story’: A truly European Fibre
Adrien Landry, Montreal on Establishing the Canadian Linen Biennale
Tara St. James, PRATT Institute: S Lab (Sustainable Textile Lab)
EVENING
7pm Conference Dinner with entertainment at Tap Room at Hilden Brewery
RE-FORM / DAY 2 Morning:
Chaired by a representative of the Textile Institute, UK.
Christien Meindertsma, Netherlands sharing her Design Process: From Flax seed to product
Elkes van Veghel: Head of the Museum Department, Textiel Museum, Tilburg on Collaborative Textile-led Design Innovation
Stijin Roodnat: Label / Breed, (Studio) Amsterdam sharing Design-led Interventions in Industry
Lisa Bloomer: Chelsea School of Art, Fashioned from Nature: Collaboration with CELC
Tim Parry-Williams: Course Leader MA Design, Bath Spa University presents “Too nice to use’? – Beautility – Refashioning interior textile aesthetics”
Brian Anderson: Ass Prof Ind. Design, Uni Illinois on Extraordinary Ordinary: New 3D Composites
RE-FORM/ DAY Afternoon:
Chaired by Linda Jamison from Invest NI
Dilip Tambyrajah, Netherlands on Crossing Boundaries: Shared Language
Gareth Davies: Composites Evolution (UK) sharing New flax materials process & applications
Kevin Hendrickx (CELC, Paris) explains Flax Composite Innovation
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH
With a representative of Inside Composites
Linda Jamison Invest NI
Kevin Hendrickx (CELC, Paris),CELC
Christien Meindertsma, Practitioner
Brian Anderson Ass Prof Ind. Design, University of Illinois
Tara St. James, PRATT Institute: S Lab (Sustainable Textile Lab)
EVENING OF DAY 2
6.00pm Bus Departs to PRONI, Titanic Quarter, Belfast
7.15 pm Linen Futures: Fashion Showcase