Name: CROSSING FIBRES: International Artist Residency & Exhibition
Start: 2023-05-22 10:00:00
End: 2023-05-22 18:00:00
Location: Jubilee Library

An international collaboration welcoming visiting artist Odirile Khune Motsiri from University of The Free State in South Africa for a residency at Blast Theory alongside an exhibition at Jubilee Library. Focused on identity and interested in fashion, Motsiri repurposes denim to create unique expressive relief-styled self-portraits inspired by early childhood memories of his grandmother collecting fabric scraps from an upholstery factory to make bags and hats at home. His Body in Foliage series reflects on the relief that comes from knowing and accepting the self. His floral motifs represent how his own experience of being in nature helps foster this self-knowledge. BLAST THEORY make interactive art to explore social and political questions. Four times BAFTA-nominated, Blast Theorys work has been shown from the Venice Biennale to the Sundance Film Festival. Blast Theorys residency programme has supported over 80 artists, makers, thinkers and writers from all around the world.THIS ACTIVITY IS PART OF THE CULTURE CONNEX FESTIVAL SEASON IN COLLABORATION WITH URBANFLO, PACE, BRIGHTON FRINGE, BRIGHTON PRIDE & UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX (BLACK@SUSSEX)

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