Viviana M. Calderón de la Barca
  • Life Is A Cultural Thread (2022)
  • Manifesto
  • Occupy Cultural Threads (2021)
  • Life Is A Journey (2020)
  • Elas Odyssey
  • eBooks | Bio
Occupy Cultural Threads (2021) is an audiovisual installation on textile circularity, created to encourage to take action on designing circular approaches to textiles. Occupy Cultural Threads' (2021) concept was inspired by the author's grandmother and mother's skills for dressmaking.

Special Thanks to House of U in Eindhoven for sponsoring
Occupy Cultural Threads (2021) banner in Natlab's collective exhibition in the city of Eindhoven.

Occupy Cultural Threads ​(2021) by Viviana M. Calderón de la Barca premiered on 10 December 2021 as part of Baltan Laboratories social design progam in the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Behind the Scenes, Occupy Cultural Threads ​(2021).

Featuring
texture designer Beatrice Maione
and
industrial designer
Ruben Warnshuis

Soundscapes
​Leon van Bokhorst

Images by
Niek T. Klasen 
and
Viviana M. Calderón de la Barca 

Behind the Scenes, Occupy Cultural Threads ​(2021).

Featuring
Design  Academy Eindhoven student Brandon Chow


​A glimpse into our talk with chemarts biobased designer
Iines Jakovlev,
on the future-focused way to recycle colour
​holding its sustainably roots.

Iines also explains how extracts of fabric materials are embedded into cellulose fibres as a sustainable all-natural finishing agent.


Interview by design student Brandon Chow.

Habitat - one of three shorts part of Occupy Cultural Threads (2021) - is now available to watch online:


Interview with fashion designer, research and technology Troy Nachtigal on data as sustainable material
​

The Alliance of Independent Authors - Author Member
© 2023 Viviana M. Calderón de la Barca.
​All rights reserved.
The Netherlands.
  • Life Is A Cultural Thread (2022)
  • Manifesto
  • Occupy Cultural Threads (2021)
  • Life Is A Journey (2020)
  • Elas Odyssey
  • eBooks | Bio