While fashionistas look forward to the new design collections for each season, there are a number of talents who focus more on developing natural fabrics and even experimenting on new materials with the aim to produce the hitech textiles of the future.
Have you ever wondered what kind of outfits you and the new generation will have a chance to put on in the near future?Do you wish to witness for yourself how technological developments can turn the world of textiles to a new light?
Now running at Jim Thompson Art Centre, Soi Kasem San 2, off Rama I Road, is
the "Futurotextiles: Surprising textiles, Design & Art" exhibition,which will take visitors on a journey beyond time to discover the future world of textiles.
Presenting today's visionary fabrics that could turn into future reality, this travelling exhibition merges science,technology and art with all kind of tetiles. The objects, applications, and works are inspired by the wildest dreams and invent today our hopes for tomorrow.
After the success of the exhibition in France, Turkey and Belgium during the past three years, the touring module presents a significant selection of these concrete visions of tomorrow's textiles which modify our relationship to the world, to our environment and ourselves.
Visitors will discover the world of tex-tiles - to appropriate for themselves their incredible diversity, from fibre to weaving and mesh, to composites and non-woven textiles.
Besides showing how today's textiles are becoming technical, innovative and intelligent, the touring module also provides visitors with an artistic, playful and poetic voyage with the creations of the greatest designers of recent years.
The main themes include:Discovery of textiles showcases the new fibres, what the world of textiles means and what the fabrics of tomorrow will be.
Hometex sees textiles in furniture and the creations of designers' integrating textiles and composite materials.
Clothtex features interactive clothes and haute-couture designs with a futuristic accent.
Mobiletex discovers the use of composite materials in the transport sector.
Protex presents the textiles used in the area of protection - high-resistance to fire, heat and external damage.
Buildtex displays architectural projects integrating textiles.
Geotex shows textiles used in basements or in agriculture.
Medtex is devoted to the uses of textiles in medicine such as prostheses and implants.
Held in collaboration with the Embassy of France and Alliance Francaธise, the exhibition is open daily from 9am-5pm, until Oct 16. Admission is free of charge.RT
For more information, call 02-219-2911 or email artcenter@jimthompsonhouse.com.
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