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AhmedabadManchesterCOTTONEXCHANGEAMaterialResponseExhibition

1721April,2013ASharedMemoryWalk,throughaseriesofinstallations,textiles,ceramics,photography,film

byinternational,nationalandlocalartists.13 artists from Gujarat, Lancashire, Ahmedabad and Manchester have been exchanging

ideas and travelling to each others cities over the last two years as part of a project called

Cotton Exchange. Textile artists, weavers, photographers, film and media artists, potters

and designers; they have all made new work which has been installed in the dramatic

environment of the Old Rajnagar Mill. Telling stories of travel the works explore the linked

cotton heritage between India and the UK and more specifically the two great cotton

centres of the world Ahmedabad and Manchester.

This project has been made possible through a partnership between Centre for Heritage

Management (CHM) at Ahmedabad University and Manchester Institute for Research in Art

and Design, Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University, in association

with National Textile Corporation Ltd. (A Government of India Undertaking).

Venue:Old Rajnagar Mill, Near Idgah, Prem Darwaja, Ahmedabad

Time&Date:Inauguration on 17th April, 2013 at 6:00pm

By Prof.StephenDixon, Manchester Institute of Research and innovation in Art andDesign

Exhibition open till 21stApril

9:30 11:30am and 5:00pm 7:00pm

The installations take you on a journey through the spaces and memories of the mill. The

artists thoughtful and imaginative responses to their experiences give food for thought on

how to draw from and value heritage and imagine creative futures.

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ExhibitingArtists:AliMohammedIshaKhatriBandhaniArtist,Bhuj,IndiaAliceKettleEmbroiderer,TextileArtist,ManchesterUKAlisonWelshFashionDesigner,Manchester,UKAndreaZappDigitalMediaArtist,Manchester,UKGavinParryPhotographer,Manchester,UKHariyabenUttamchandBhanani,KalaRakshaTrustQuilt,embroidery&patchworkartist,Kachchh,IndiaJaquelineButlerPhotographer,Manchester,UKKhalidAminKhatriPrinter,Painter,AjrakhArtist,Ajrakhpur,IndiaLesleyMitchisonWeaver,Manchester,UKLizRidealFineArtist,London,UKLokeshGhaiArtist,TextileDesigner,Ahmedabad,IndiaShamjiVishramSijuWeaver&Designer,Bhujodi,IndiaStephenDixonArtistPotter,Manchester,UK

ContributingArtists:Sarojben,AppliqueArtistKalaRaksha,EmbroiderersAmandaRavetz,VisualArtistSanjayChitara,MataniPachediArtistKhamir,KalaOrganicCottonInitiativeHelenFelcey,CeramicArtistBobbyPainter,StreetArtist/AutoRickshawPainterPatelMukeshKumarBhagwanDas&IbrahrambhaiMemon,TailorsAhmedabadKateEgan,TextileArtist

ExhibitionCuratedby: BarneyHareDuke,AFineLine:CulturalPracticeForfurtherdetails,pleasefeelfreetocontact:ProjectCoordinators:AvniVaria /VijayRamchandaniEmail:info.chm@ahduni.edu.in Contactnumber:+918469968811/+919537678259Facebookevent:https://www.facebook.com/events/521145411260098/?notif_t=plan_user_invited