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Penelope
by Xanthe Op de Beeck
For our micro publication Tapis Plein, Xanthe looked at the roots of her favourite craft. She wrote a short prose text about Penelope - mother of all weavers, symbol of the quiet power of women’s labour, and unfairly mainly remembered as Odysseus’ wife. Trying to turn an old tale of waiting into a timeless gesture of female agency.
An Invitation to Linger: Interview with Anna Du Toit
by An-Katrien Callebaut
Singaporean artist Anna Du Toit looks back at a flourishing year. She talks about her first solo exhibition, her growing artistic proces, and the contagious energy within Southeast Asian art.
Tapis Magique
by Wildverband
Het tapis plein dat restanten van het alledaagse onopgemerkt archiveert krijgt een nieuwe functie onder architecten duo Wildverband: Tapis Magique als collectief "gegeuren".
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