Hellenic Costume Society: In Conversation

In Conversation: Encounters with Curators, Researchers and Artists on Dress as an Object of Study and Display

20 November - 11 December 2020, Fridays at 18:00 (EET /GMT+2), online
Members of the Board of the Hellenic Costume Society converse with fashion/dress and costume researchers, curators, fashion designers and artists who have participated in projects related to exhibitions of dress. Our guests, from Greece and abroad, will talk about the concept and preparation of such exhibitions and/or of projects that they curated during the current times of pandemic and will share with us their experience. 

In Conversation 1: Fabric research in the time of Corona: challenges and ideas (20th November)

with Dr. Stella Spantidaki, Archaeologist – Specialist in ancient textiles, Director of ARTEX, Athens
Moderated by Elia Petridou

In Conversation 2: Curating the Critical Costume 2020 Exhibition: Costume Agency (27th November)

With Dr. Yuka Oyama, Curator and Artist, Professor for Jewellery Art at the HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Moderated by Sofia Pantouvaki

In Conversation 3: Bags: Inside Out at the V&A, behind the scene (4th December)
With Dr. Lucia Savi, Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Moderated by Myrsini Pichou and Xenia Politou

In Conversation 4: Creating new objects for display: the ATOPOS RIPPING Project (11th December)

with Myrsini Pichou, ATOPOS Research Advisor, the artists Vasso Gavaisse, and Irini Miga, the fashion designer Aurore Thibout and Christine Stevens and Alexandra Kim, Editors of Costume

The In Conversation series will be held online via Zoom in English. Participation fee for each In Conversation: 5€. For information on how to register click here.