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  Protext! When fabric becomes a manifesto Protext! When fabric becomes a manifesto October 24, 2020–February 14, 2021 Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci Viale della Repubblica 277 59100 Prato Italy www.centropecci.it From  October 24, 2020  to  February 14, 2021,  the  Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato  presents  Protext! When fabric becomes a manifesto , an exhibition curated by  Camilla Mozzato  and  Marta Papini  exploring fabric’s role not only in critical debate on  authorship, work, identity, production  and  environmental change , but also as a medium par excellence in the  representation of dissent.   Banners, pennants,  t-shirts , hand-crafted tapestries and quilting  are tools that have given voice to spontaneous protests in the world, and  Protext!  investigates how the most  recent generation of artists  considers...

BILLBOARD ISTANBUL 2020 is a two-week long exhibition in the public space of Istanbul that brings together and exhibit 115 Turkish, Moroccan and Nordic contemporary female artists and selected students from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in Istanbul. From October 5th-18th, 2020 the billboards will be full of photographic images by the female artist – raising awareness and encouraging public debates on gender issues, as well as bringing contemporary art to a wider audience of all genders and ages. BILLBOARD ISTANBUL 2020 provides a more prominent, public site for very different stories and images than the advertising that dominates the streets of many cities worldwide. The project gives women the opportunity to express themselves on their own terms, and makes the city more open and creative city – for everyone. The aim is to build bridges between cultures and to challenge our ideas around urban space, gender and identity. The ...