The Fabric of a Place by Frances van Hasselt will be screened during lunch.
Fabrics literally weave a story about the history of a place. The very reason as to why they exist; the materials used, who made them and how, documents a moment of time. It is on us to educate the future designer to recognise the responsibility and privilege we have to make, preserve and conserve. This film aims to capture the everyday life of a mohair farm and textile studio in the Karoo; An ancient land, our dependence of prehistoric ecosystems, our connection to nature and community and how we try to thread these stories of people, places and spaces into textile forms.
Produced by Playbox Studio (Florence) and Frances van Hasselt