COPY, PASTE, PROFIT
Discover the dark and tangled tales of Indian design woven through this historic textile collection.
Behind the beauty and eclecticism of the designs, these collections are threaded with uncomfortable histories of exploitation and erasure. Led by library experts, stories of colonial appropriation, commercial profiteering and technological threats will be exposed.
How do we reckon with objects made by hands we’ve since expunged, or patterns copied from other cultures and never credited? These same questions echo loudly today in fast-fashion’s supply chains, appropriated motifs, and the labour behind the clothes we wear.
Location:
Caroline Simpson Library
The Mint
10 Macquarie Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000
Sessions run for 60 mins.
Accessibility:
There is level access to the ground floor of the library and lift access to the first floor.
Please note that surfaces are uneven over much of the Mint heritage site.
For individual visitors with specific needs, contact The Mint on (02) 8239 2288.
Image: Excerpt of The journal of design and manufactures: with [etc] fabric patterns inserted and upwards of [etc] engravings / [edited by Henry Cole],
Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection, Museums of History NSW.
We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation - the custodians of the country on which we meet - and acknowledge their Elders, past and present.
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