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Ohne den Faden zu verlieren, einer lebendigen Webtradition auf der Spur

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Die vorliegende Publikation nimmt ihre Leser mit auf eine Reise in eine Handwerkskunst, die nicht nur Kenner, sondern auch Laien in ihren Bann zu ziehen vermag. In aufschlussreichen Texten tragen Ethnologen und Kunsthistoriker dazu bei, den umwobenen Forschungsgegenstand aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln kennenzulernen. Ikat, die vor allem in Indonesien, Indien, Mittel- und Südamerika ausgeübte Technik und Kunstform, komplexe Muster auf handgewobenen Textilien zu kreieren, hat sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte stetig weiterentwickelt. Fremde Einflüsse wurden aufgesogen und in lokalen Mustern kreativ verarbeitet. Im Mittelpunkt des reich bebilderten Buches stehen die Arbeiten von Meisterweberinnen aus Ostindonesien und Timor-Leste. In ihren Stoffen spiegeln sich nicht nur Mode und Modernität, sondern auch Aspekte der Globalisierung.

Ausstellung: Museum der Kulturen Basel 21.10.2016-26.3.2017

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The present publication takes readers on a journey to a handicraft that causes not only experts to prick up their ears but laypeople as well, capturing their imagination with each new chapter. At the same time, ethnologists and art historians aid in becoming familiar with the object of research from various directions. Ikat, the technology and art form of creating complex patterns on hand-woven textiles that is practiced primarily in Indonesia, India, and Central and South America, has continuously developed over the course of centuries. Foreign influences were absorbed and creatively integrated into local patterns. The main objects of research are works by female master weavers from eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Their fabrics reflect not only fashion and modernity but also aspects of globalization. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4186-6)Exhibition: Museum der Kulturen Basel 21.10.2016-26.3.2017

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The present publication takes readers on a journey to a handicraft that causes not only experts to prick up their ears but laypeople as well, capturing their imagination with each new chapter. At the same time, ethnologists and art historians aid in becoming familiar with the object of research from various directions. Ikat, the technology and art form of creating complex patterns on hand-woven textiles that is practiced primarily in Indonesia, India, and Central and South America, has continuously developed over the course of centuries. Foreign influences were absorbed and creatively integrated into local patterns. The main objects of research are works by female master weavers from eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Their fabrics reflect not only fashion and modernity but also aspects of globalization.

Exhibition: Museum der Kulturen Basel 21.10.2016-26.3.2017

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