FIBER ART: Weaving artistic-pedagogical experiences with threads
Textile art. education. gender. experimentation.
The artistic-pedagogical proposal presented here highlights the importance of alternative methods and autobiographical experience in the study of textile knowledge and manual skills. The methodology, named "amateur cartography," was developed to recognize and affirm my position as a participant in this tradition, with the intention of connecting teaching, research, and extension in the arts. To achieve this goal, it draws upon the theoretical framework of works by Luciana Loponte (2021), regarding issues of gender, class, and education; Ana Paula Simioni (2007), to weave historical relationships between art and gender in Brazil; and Julia Bryan-Wilson (2017), as a reference for investigating the histories of craft and collaborative practices in America. The activities carried out were anchored in the manipulation of threads as a means of inventive provocation and aesthetic sensitization. Between the years 2021 and 2022, this personal and collective process, which took place in three different locations, was observed, systematized, and described. The outcomes guided by the theoretical references and shared practices within the research groups "The Sensible and Textile Manual Arts" at the URDUME Institute were applied to the Theater Ludos Research and Extension Group and adapted to the teaching reality experienced at the School Parque 210/211 Sul in Brasília. The final result of this process gave rise to the scenic setting of the play "Embroidery," a production that encapsulates the testimonial synthesis of the procedures conceived and developed throughout this period.