With "Connecting Afro Futures. Fashion x Hair x Design ", the Kunstgewerbemuseum is dedicating an exhibition to the complex and versatile world of fashion design and hair styling of African origin for the first time. It opens up to decolonial fashion discourses, and at the same time takes a stand in the current discussion about the orientation of museums and their collections.
Join us for the opening of the exhibition "Connecting Afro Futures. Fashion x Hair x Design" on 23 August 2019, 19 pm at the Kunstgewerbemuseum.
Fashion is a control system of its own kind and is considered a pacemaker of social change. An innovative generation of African-born designers is redefining contemporary African fashion and hair styling beyond the (neo)colonial paradigms and norms of beauty. It is in the process of breaking the still existing hegemony of Western fashion and establishing new design hubs throughout Africa.
The dynamic engagement of the actors in the various creative fields and the rapid spread in the social media create new design practices, identities and visual codes that create and transport a new image of Africa. It is not just about aesthetic aspects, but rather a cultural and political commitment with a decidedly decolonial self-image.
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