AzLab#79 | TALKING.TILES
November 9th, 2022 | 18h00 [Lisbon Time Zone - UTC] | Zoom [session to be held in English]
AzLab#79 will host the textile designers Eva Brunner and Alexander Amir Khan, whose passion for tiles is the cornerstone of the project Talking.Tiles. By celebrating tiles as an artistic legacy spread throughout the world, reflecting the unique technical features of each culture, Talking. Tiles aims to become a meeting point for architects, producers, artists, designers and all of those interested in this art form. "Drawing Attention to the beauty of tiles and letting them speak" is the motto of this project.
In this session, Eva Brunner and Alexander Amir Khan will talk about the first edition of the Tile Festival, which took place in June 2022 in Lucerne (Switzerland), Oaxaca (Mexico) and online. This experience was the starting point for the project Talking.Tiles and other related initiatives, among which the idea of collecting images of patterned tiles from all over the world and making them available to everyone. In short, a session you will not want to miss! Registration via Google forms or by e-mail (redeazulejo@letras.ulisboa.pt). Once the session is scheduled, each participant will receive the link and a password. Invited speakers: Eva Brunner [Talking.Tiles] Alexander Amir Khan [Talking.Tiles] NOTE: this session will be recorded and partially made available on the YouTube channel of the Azulejo Research Network. + INFO: blog AzLab
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