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« Carla Fernández. The Future is Handmade »

20.09 → 16.12.2023

Exhibition Free
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From 16 September to 17 December 2023, la Galerie du 19M presents the exhibition « Carla Fernández. The Future is Handmade », an exploration of the world of the stylist and designer through her collaborations with Mexican artisans, whose artistry and savoir-faire she celebrates.

The experiential, educational, and participatory dimension of the designer’s work will also be explored through a series of workshops, lectures, and events. This cultural programme contributes to the recognition of the handicraft professions, encouraging their dissemination and sparking vocations among the general public, schoolchildren, students, families, and lovers of craft.

 Invited by the designer and la Galerie du 19M , three artisans from different Mexican states will travel to Paris/Aubervilliers to run workshops on age-old traditional techniques. The public can learn how to paint masks with Felipe Horta, embroider and cut papel amate with Arisbeth González, and work with lacquer with Obdulia Almazán.


l'Exposition

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La dimension empirique, pédagogique et participative du travail de la créatrice est abordée à l’occasion d’une série d'ateliers, de conférences et d’événements. Cette programmation culturelle contribue à valoriser les métiers de la main, favorise leur transmission et susciter des vocations auprès du grand public, scolaires, étudiants, familles et amoureux d’artisanat.

À l'invitation de la Galerie et de la créatrice, trois artisans mexicains qui collaborent avec Carla Fernández, originaires de différents états du Mexique, voyageront jusqu’à Paris/Aubervilliers pour animer des ateliers sur des techniques traditionnelles millénaires. Le public pourra s’initier à la peinture de masques avec Felipe Horta, à la broderie et à la découpe de papel amate avec Arisbeth González et au maque (peinture sur calebasse) avec Obdulia Almazán.

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.

the Artist

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Carla Fernández

Artiste

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.

les Podcasts du 19M Programmation « Carla Fernández. L'avenir fait main »

Carla Fernández. L’avenir fait main

20.09 → 16.12.2023

À l’occasion de l’exposition « Carla Fernández. L’avenir fait main » à la Galerie du 19M, la styliste et designeuse mexicaine Carla Fernandez revient sur ses collaborations avec les artisans mexicains et ceux des Maisons du 19M.

Née en 1973, Carla Fernandez travaille à l'avant-garde de la mode éthique, documentant et préservant le riche patrimoine textile des communautés autochtones du Mexique. Sa Casa de Moda imagine et fabrique en collaboration avec plus de 180 tisserands, brodeurs et sculpteurs de quinze états du Mexique aux savoir-faire techniques.

Un podcast réalisé par Géraldine Sarratia.