SAIC Fiber and Material Studies Mitchell Lecture series presents: Cian Dayrit
@ SAIC Sharp Building - Room 327
37 S Wabash Ave, Room 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, from 11:15 am - 12:15 PM
Fabric Art and the Social Fabric
Cian Dayrit will talk about his work using textiles, from collaborating with artisans, researchers and peoples organizations, the process of making these textile pieces become dynamic records of ongoing struggles and growing solidarity networks.
Cian Dayrit (born 1989, Philippines) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates notions of space, power and identity as they are represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, maps and other institutionalized media.
Working with textile, installations, archival interventions and community based workshops, Dayrit’s work responds to different marginalized communities, encouraging a critical reflection on colonial and privileged perspectives. While informed by the experience of colonialism from the perspective of the Philippines, his work nonetheless defies being tied to a specific position or location. Instead, his work and research cross over geopolitical and supranational bearings.
Dayrit is a founding member of Sama-samang Artista Para sa Kilusang Agraryo (SAKA), an alliance of cultural workers advocating for land rights and food sovereignty. He is also currently enrolled at the Department of Geography in UP Diliman.
The Fiber and Material Studies department’s annual Mitchell Lectureship Series features outstanding artists and scholars in the field of fiber. Please join us for their public lectures. Made possible by the generous support of the William Bronson and Grayce Slovett Mitchell Lectureship in Fiber and Material Studies.
Photo Credit: Inferno, 2024, credit Nome
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