13th International Triennial of Tapestry, Łódź 2010 Opening of the Main Exhibition on 10th of May 2010 at 1.00 p.m. The exhibition will be on show till 31st October 2010 Norbert Zawisza Chairman of the Programming Board of the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź and Director of the Central Museum of Textiles appointed the Programming Board of the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry, Łódź 2010. Outstanding representatives of the Polish textile art community, Central Museum of Textiles – organizer of the event, organizers of important events associated with the 13 International Triennial of Tapestry, standing sponsors of the event are its members. : Liliana Andrzejczak, Krystyna Dyrda-Kortyka, Elżbieta Fuchs, Dorota Grynczel, Wojciech Jaskółka, Aurelia Mandziuk, Teresa Michałowska, Marcin Oko, Krystyna Onak, Jolanta Piwońska (Secretary), Małgorzata Siwek, Małgorzata Wróblewska-Markiewicz, Norbert Zawisza. During subsequent meetings, the Programming Board introduced corrections and approved regulations of the event, settled limits of artists-participants of the event for the individual countries-participants, selected 51 national consultants, whose task is appointing national representations from their countries or larger geographical areas including more than one country. With the best knowledge, persons were selected with unquestioned artistic, scientific or organizational authority in their region of activity. In a few cases, for these regions where we do not have consultants, the selection of artists was made by the Programming Board according to its knowledge. In the future, we intend to eliminate these practices. Therefore, we turn to you for co-operation and assistance. The following persons were invited to disinterested co-operation: Heiyoung Ahn (South Korea), Zeki Alpan (Turkey), Julia Asterou-Christoforou (Cyprus), Jadranka Bačić (Croatia), Asdid Birgisdóttir (Iceland), Joachim Blank (China), Anna Bojadijeva (Bulgaria), Magdalena Braz Teixeira (Portugal), Anna Cebula (Hungary), Nigel Cheney (Republic of Ireland), Eva Cisárová-Mináriková (Slovakia), Kamille C. Cook (USA), Thomas Cronenberg (Germany), Alexander Drobakha (Moldova), Ludmila Egorova (Ukraine), Nicolai Gjessing (Denmark), Particia Günther (Chile), Konstantina Hlávačková (Czech Republic), Wen-Ying Huang (Taiwan), Ingrid Huljev (Serbia), Morgan Jahanara (Iran), Elsie Janssen (Belgium), Love Jönsson (Sweden), Keiko Kawashima (Japan), Nino Kipshidze (Georgia), Valerie Kirk (Australia), Lecheng Lin (China), Androna Linartas (Mexico), Kai Lobjakas (Estonia), Gitte Magnus (Norway), Marcel Marois (Canada), Voula Massoura (Greece), Nada Matčić (Slovenia), Eulalia Morral i Romeu (Spain), Anne Morrell Great Britain), Kulzhazira Mukazhanova (Kazakhstan), Natalia Muradova (Russia), Eugenijus Nalevaika (Lithuania), Tamila Nilufar (Uzbekistan), Ewa Izabela Nowak (France), Nynke Piebenga (New Zealand), Velta Raudzepa (Latvia), Sonia Rolak (Italy), Tilleke Schwarz (Netherlands), Paula Susitaival (Finland), Roya Taghiyeva (Azerbaijan), Delia Tossoni (Argentina), Stephen Vella (Malta), Angela Völker (Austria), Neora Warshavsky (Israel), Maiłam Yousupova (Kirghiz). Not all of the invited consultants expressed their consent to disinterested (without remuneration) co-operation with us, not all consultants submitted their proposals. Until 7th September national consultants of the below named countries submitted 138 candidates as participants of the exhibition-competition. The Programming Board, in exceptional cases, allows exceeding the limit granted to a given country and invite 1 or 2 artists more. Usually, these are long-time consultants of the Łódź Triennial, still active in art, who cannot submit their own names as participants of the event. In 2010, the International Triennial of Tapestry will be accompanied by other international, national, regional and one-man shows. Due to their artistic level and character, the Programming Board of the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry decided to grant them the name of “exhibition/ event associated with the 13th international Triennial of Tapestry”. The most important are: 8th International Baltic Triennial of Miniature Textiles, VI International Biennial of Linen Art Textiles “From the loom to Loom”, XXXVII International Symposium “Creative Workshop – Kowary” within the framework of the Fibre Art Festival in Lower Silesia, III International Textile Art Festival in Cracow, 11th National Exhibition of the Polish Tapestry, 9th National Exhibition of the Polish Miniature Textiles, and many others. Detailed list of events will be published at the beginning of 2010. It is our intention to make it more versatile and imposing than during the triennial in 2007 (100). Hereby we would like to ask for prompt submission of proposals. The entry should contain description of the character of the event (exhibition, retreat, show), the final version of the title, names of main organizers, name of curator and data of contact, place (name of institution and its full address), duration (day and hour of opening, closing date). Thank you. Norbert Zawisza Chairman of the Programming Board 13th International Triennial of Tapestry Contact: Organizational Bureau Jolanta Piwońska : j.piwonska@muzeumwlokiennictwa.pl Barbara Ziemnicka – Darnowska: b.darnowska@muzeumwlokiennictwa.pl .:PARTICIPANTS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY:. .: International Wicker Workshop at the Poleski Art Center :. Central Museum of Textiles In 1952 Krystyna Kondratiuk organised the Department of Textiles in the Museum of Art in Łódź. Its collection grew quickly and the exhibitions of textiles were extremely popular, so the Department became more independent as Branch of the Museum of Art. In 1960 Museum of the History of Textiles was established and in 1975 - the Central Museum of Textiles. Krystyna Kondratiuk was its first and long-term director. "The White Factory" is the seat of the Museum; is a magnificent complex of classicist buildings, one of the most beautiful examples of industrial architecture. It was built by Ludwik Geyer in the years 1835-39 it was many times rebuilt and developed. It was the first "multi-department" mill in Łódź which housed the first in Poland mechanical cotton spinning and weaving room with the first in Poland steam machine. The Museum in its research work, collection and educational activities is interested in all the aspects of the textile production, from the fibres via textile techniques and technologies to the final textile products in various degrees processing. The collections are gathered, analysed, undergo conservations process and in various form given access to by the specialised departments of the museum. The Museum has 10.500 sqm of the surface; 5.000 sqm are left as exhibition space. Since 1972 the Museum has been the coorganiser, and since 1981 the solo organiser of the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź. Until 1978 the triennial was organised in two sections: the exhibition-competition of industrial textiles and the exhibition-competition of tapestry (made with the use of traditional wall-hanging techniques); since 1981 only tapestry has been presented. Presently, the Łódź Triennial is the world oldest and biggest international exhibition promoting the contemporary tapestry; in the last 12th edition 137 artists representing 52 countries took part. The exhibition occupies 2.500 sqm. The previous triennial exhibition was visited by over 30.000 people. Department of Tapestry The Department possesses three separate collections: antique tapestries, contemporary textiles and documentation. In the group of antique tapestries we can find textiles ranging from the 5th century to the first half of the 20th century which illustrate the variety of types, techniques, stylistic conventions characteristic of West European, oriental and Polish weaving. Silk garment fabrics and silk furnishing European and oriental fabrics, Flemish, French and German tapestries, Polish tapestries (the biggest collection: of rugs from 18th-19th century, kontush belts - foreign and Polish, tapestries from Buczacz and embroideries from the 15th-20th century); over 200 carpets, rugs, functional objects constitute the illustration of the carpet-weaving culture of the Orient. The collection of the contemporary tapestries reflects the most recent history of the Polish tapestry from 1945: decorative textiles from the 40s-60s - jacquards, painted tapestries, rugs, tapestries and carpets made in the workshops of the Art Co-oparative "Ład", in art academies in Warsaw, Łódź, Sopot, Poznań, Cracow. Over 1500 items - outstanding experimental realisations by internationally renowned Polish artists such as: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Barbara Falkowska, Jolanta Owidzka, Wojciech Sadley and Urszula Plewka-Schmidt. This is the biggest collection of the contemporary textiles which presents masterpieces shown and awarded at world greatest exhibitions and competitions in Venice, Lausanne, Sao Paulo, Kyoto, triennial in Łódź. The international contacts and the Internatonal Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź contribute to the constantly growing collection of foreign textile artists. The collection of documents includes several tousand designs and cartoons of rugs and wall-hangings, samples of materials and samples of items as well as the iconography documentation and sources which refer to the Polish 20th century weaving and fibre art centres. Department of Industrial Textiles The Department is in possession of the biggest in Poland and one of the biggest world collection of industrial textiles which date back to the beginnings of the 19th century (ca. 100.000 items). There are fragments and lengths of cloth for garments as well as decorative and technical fabrics. Samples are arranged in the form of albums, factory and commercial catalogues, mill collections and author collections. The latter are often supplemented by documentation: sketches, designs, cartoons and technical drawings of fabrics. The items which make up the collection constitute a documentation of production and design achievements of all outstanding textile mills in the Łódź region (ex: Geyer, Scheibler & Grohman, Poznański) as well as in the other Polish centres (ex: Bielsko-Biała, Głuszyca, Żyrardów, Milanówek, Kalisz). Textiles from other European centres (ex: England, France, Italy, Germany) constitute a collection of secondary importance. There is also an interesting collection of textiles designed and made in the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts and Designs in Łódź. Department of Fashion The task of the Department is to collect garment pieces and accessories from the beginning of the 19th century until the present times. A small, but constantly developed, collection of complete 19th century garments is supplemented by various types of accessories and iconography materials (hand coloured prints, photographs, patterns, fashion journals). The Department is in possession of a varied and big collection of garments from the period 1900-1939. The collection illustrates, in a representative manner, the stages of development of fashion and its stylistic transformations. Of particular importance are the documentation materials, designs, costumes and jewellery designed by world famous fashion creator and stylist Antoine (Antoni Cierplikowski); there are also his garments and objects of personal use made by, for example, Lanvin and Hermes. The Department is also engaged in collecting the contemporary garment design, ranging from "the street fashion" to author's collections produced on commission for the leading Polish fashion houses, unique creations made by artists themselves. Since 1986 the Department has collected the contemporary art jewellery. Department of Folk Textiles The collection was started in 1959 and now it includes 4.000 items. There are various types of decorative and functional fabrics as well as fragments of folk costumes from various regions. The large part of collection is made of fragments of fabrics for garments, laces, hand and machine embroidery which illustrate various weaving techniques and types of ornamentation. The collections ranges from items which date back to the end of the 19th century to the contemporary ones. The part of the collection from the pre-war Poland (before 1939) is the most numerous (region of Vilnius, Grodno, Polesie); particularly beautiful and representative is the collection of double weaving textiles and harness fabrics. Regions from outside Europe (Asia, Central and South America) are represented by a collection of high artistic quality. The whole collection is accompanied by tools and equipment used in folk weaving and fibres processing. Departme nt of the History of Textile Techniques The Department possesses the collection of textile tools, machines and appliances linked with the past decades of the textile production in the district of Łódź. Majority of objects illustrates cotton processing techniques in the 19th and 20th century. There are varius types of hand and machine weaving looms, spinning wheels, spinning machines, reeling machines and spoolers. The most interesting part of collection is the set of machines from the preparatory section of the printing room from the second half of the 19th century; wooden blocks and cooper shafts for hand and machine printing using relief techniques, tools for producing them and a very interesting hand- and foot-driven table (constructions, also interesting for collectors) for bi-colour printing of fabrics. The Department is in possession of various types of knitting machines, a numerous collection of sewing machines and rare appliances for textile metrology. Department of the History of Textiles Productions The Department collects items and is engaged in scientific work concerning the history of the development of textile industry in Poland - both in guilds and mills. Special attention is paid to the development of textiles in the Łódź Industrial Region. The collection is varied. Archive documentation constitutes its majority: regulations issued by government, voyvodship and city which date back to the beginnings of the textile industry in the Polish Kingdom, mill plans, reports of companies, books of production and factory bills, workers' account books and guild certificates. Particularly interesting is the biggest in Poland collection of shares and obligations of the Polish textile companies, guild and factory flags, medals, workers' photographs and company prints. The Department is in possession of the Textile Mill Files. Department of Exhibition Organisation The Department works together with other departments in the museum, with other museums, galleries, artists as well as private persons in Poland and abroad to plan and organise various types of exhibitions in the building of the museum and in other institutions of culture in Poland and abroad. Annually, the average number of exhibitions is 15-20, among the 2-4 abroad (in the course of its history the museum exported over 250 exhibitions to several dozen countries). The Department is responsible for the technical realisation of the exhibition mounting and de-mounting of the exhibition, packing the items, transport and re-transport, preparation of customs documents. Also invitations, posters, information leaflets, catalogues are produced here, computer design and editing included. The priority is organisation of the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź, the world biggest exhibition-competition promoting the contemporary textiles; the museum is its solo-organiser - in the last edition there were 137 participating artists from 52 countries. Department of Education It concentrates upon promotion activities, offers information to individual visitors and groups coming to see exhibitions in the museum, organises lessons, lectures, meetings and competitions. The themes of free lessons for children and young people refer - for example - to the history of industry in Łódź, transformations in industry in Łódź in the 50s of the 19th century, development of the textile industry in the Polish Kingdom, industrial revolution towards the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, old appliances and textile machines, the contemporary tapestry and fibres-art, history of decorative textiles, or rug production in Poland. There is a possibility to make a "commission" for a selected subject linked with textiles in general. Lessons are suplemented by video and films; there are 30 titles of films and video. The cycle of exhibition "Visiting the Museum" has won great popularity as well as the art competition "The International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź Seen by Young People"; over thousand pupils participated in the last edition of the competition in 2008. The annual attendance is 35-40.000 visitors. Library and Archives The Library of the museum was established, for the specialist and scientific purposes, in 1960. Presently, there are 12.000 volumes in its collection: books (9.500 items), specialised journals (1.000 items - 70 titles, among them 20 current ones), exhibition catalogues of textile firms; there are over 200 old prints - items concerning textiles, historical and contemporary tapestry, history, art history, costumology, ethnography, folk weaving published in Poland and abroad; majority of them are in Polish, English, German, French and Russian. There are very valuable archival materials concerning the Art Co-operative "Ład", Lucjan Kintopf, Eleonora Plutyńska and many others; a separate part is devoted to the International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź. The Library is in possession of alphabetic and thematic catalogue; bibliography of the journals contents is in preparation.