British Textile Biennial 2021.

Application for the British Textile Biennial x The 62 Group of Textiles Artists is now open. Only members of The 62 Group may apply for this opportunity.

The Application Procedure

1. Payment of a £7 GBP Sterling submission fee (per work)
2. (This fee contributes to the expense of convening the selection committee and must be paid before any application can be considered)
3. Submission of a completed application form together with up to 3 images of each work saved as JPEGs.
4. (These must arrive by midnight 1st July 2021; late or incomplete applications cannot be considered)
5. Selection of members
   
   

PAY SUBMISSION FEE - 1 WORK

PAY SUBMISSION FEE - 2 WORKS

PAY SUBMISSION FEE - 3 WORKS 

The Selection Process

There are 2 stages in the selection process.

• Stage 1 | Digital selection by images
• Stage 2 | Selection by actual work
  
  

The brief 

BTB invites the 62 Group of Textile Artists to develop new work that explores our theme for the 2021 Biennial. 

Most people who live in East Lancashire do so because the textile industry brought them here, whether from all over the British Isles in the 19th century when our towns were the fastest growing in the country or in the latter half of the 20th century when workers came from across the Indian subcontinent to work in the cotton mills. Now most of the mills have closed, Boohoo.com is one of the biggest employers in the area and imports and distributes clothing that is often made in Asia while the grandchildren of the former mill workers make up the majority of its staff. The phenomenon of fast fashion is creating new relationships across the world, with single use garments often ending up in Africa to create a new recycling industry and new narratives of decolonisation. 

Works submitted should respond to this context, or reflect your own personal histories, geography, and political context – resulting from the impact of textiles on people & place.

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Please carefully read the sending in forms and venue overview for more detailed information.

62Group.org.uk