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20.09 → 16.12.2023

Exhibition
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the Artist

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Carla Fernández

Founder of the eponymous brand, Carla Fernández with her partner Christina Rangel works at the forefront of ethical fashion, documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of Mexico's indigenous communities. Her creations are made in collaboration with over 180 weavers, embroiderers, and carvers from across fifteen states of Mexico who use traditional techniques and processes to create contemporary fashion.

The exhibition, which was presented in Denver and Mexico City and is curated by Florence Müller with a design by Pedro Reyes, has here been expanded to include specially designed pieces. Fruitful collaborations between the designer, her partner craftsmen in Mexico, and four residents Maisons of le19M—Goossens, Massaro, Maison Michel, and ERES—bring together traditional and contemporary savoir-faire and techniques and the experience of an object with creative abstraction.

Past programming

Individual workshops

  • Painting on cardboard mask with Felipe Hort

  • Painting on wooden masks with Felipe Horta

  • Creating upcycled jewellery with Anicet

  • Introduction to vegetable dyeing with Clémence Vazard

  • Introduction to otomí embroidery with Arisbeth González

  • Creation of a textile painting with Sybille Berger

  • Introduction to maque with Obdulia Almazán

  • Weaving geometric motifs with Bérénice Courtin

  • Portrait embroidery with Pauline Angotti

  • Creating conifer wreaths with LAND

Workshops for young people

  • Painting on wooden masks with Felipe Horta

  • Introduction to creating upcycled jewellery with Anicet

  • Introduction to vegetable dyeing with Clémence Vazard

  • Discover papel amate with Arisbeth González

  • Creating a textile painting with Sybille Berger

  • Introduction to creating clothes on paper with Graciela Reyes

  • Introduction to weaving with Bérénice Courtin

  • Customising and decorating the upcycled Christmas tree

  • Creating dried flower bouquets with LAND

Collaborative workshops

  • Mano Habilis - a JR project with le19M

  • Milagritos

  • Brodecast

  • Introduction to embroidery with Arisbeth González

  • Creation of a textile work with Arisbeth González and Clémence Vazard

  • Collaborative painting with Obdulia Almazán

Conferences & Events

  • Opening evening

  • An exchange of views on the protection of creativity in Mexico and the rest of the world

  • Creators' market

  • Retour à la caverne - JR's masterclass at le19M

  • Profane Evening

Mano Habilis – a project with JR and le19M

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From 15 September to 15 October 2023, Atelier Montex, le19M’s resident embroidery house, is teaming up with the artist JR to programme a free introductory embroidery workshop. Participants will contribute to a monumental installation designed by JR that will adorn the facade of the Palais Garnier in November 2023. The workshop is also a precursor to the Parcelle cultural garden project, due to open in spring 2024.

20.09 → 16.12.2023