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Anklet by Pascale Theron commissioned by Viviana M. C. De La Barca, 2024.
Photography Yeugeniia Skydan
Art Direction Viviana M. Calderon de la Barca
You are Invited. Saturday 6, July.
As part of Life Is A Cultural Thread (2022) by Viviana M. C. De La Barca film production message, we are joining Awa Seck, a Brussels entrepreneur of Senegalese origin and her ‘moussors’ – modern traditional head wrap or headdress - for an intercultural event with hand embroidered clothes in support of Diourbel Women in Senegal.
The Golden Child by Guntra Laivacuma sits now as part of our art collection since it embraces sustainable values of social dimension, compassion, and growth.
In a world of cultures steeped in patriarchy where men still control and rule over women’s reproductive rights, for human growth to thrive, that needs to change. The Golden Child embodies Viviana M. C. De La Barca’s artistic practice and all fertile women who voluntarily live as no parents and who have overcome the hurdles to lead their life. Therefore, The Golden Child stands for women breaking and underpinning patriarchy barriers.
Furthermore, The Golden Child rethinks reuse. It preserves, to a certain extend, the past of a once new doll rather than erasing its original purpose, is a canvas that reminds viewers sustainable cultural values and societal constrains. Instead of being thrown or forgotten, the broken toy that was once new, has been reimagined and repurposed. As a result, The Golden Child portrays precious transcendent and collective universal values. Social Cohesion is the way forward.
Detail of the original artwork (1m x 4m) in the background is a pastel by artist Marianne Smit from the Netherlands in the 1960s.
The African Trade Bead era by over 75,000 years has inspired one of our next artistic projects, since the history of beads in the African continent is quite incredible. Archaeologists first known uncovered examples were found in the Blombos Cave, on the South African coast near Capetown.
The bead design and art was sewn up the restyled tshirt (image) by designer PascaleTheron whose background is South African. Pascale’s design studio is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Here some historical facts* and highlights of beads in the African continent:
Glass beads found their way into Africa from Egypt and Western Europe since the 4th Century.
the first known beads in the continent of Africa were for decorative purpose made from the shell of ostrich eggs.
Turkana people from East Africa once used bead-strands made with the shell of ostrich eggs as currency to trade cattle and other goods in the region.
Evidence of glass bead production dominated the African economies for nearly 700 years within both Egypt and South Africa dating back to the 9th Century.
*Read more about the trade bead in these britannica articles https://www.britannica.com/topic/trade-bead.
Life Is A Cultural Thread is now available to stream online via Vimeo
Directly from the city of Eindhoven in the Netherlands!
We’ve been invited to a special edition of Tea Talk radio program and podcast series hosted by Karishma Vij and Supriya Vij on Radio 4 Brainport.
Tea Talk is an interactive talk show reaching out the international locals in the city of Eindhoven and Brainport region. Access the podcast episode here