{"id":851,"date":"2025-03-06T23:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/?p=851"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:02:49","slug":"in-tangible-2025-installation-for-the-woori-textile-festival-2025-in-wa-upper-west-region-of-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinningstories.uni-ak.ac.at\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/in-tangible-2025-installation-for-the-woori-textile-festival-2025-in-wa-upper-west-region-of-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition – WOORI Festival 2025 \/ Upper West Region of Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Karin Altmann and Nana Opoku<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In\/Tangible 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In this installation, Karin Altmann and AFROSCOPE (Isaac Nana Opoku) present cotton hand spindles from Upper West and Northern Ghana as both artifacts and storytellers. These objects embody the intersection of material culture and intangible heritage, standing as testament to generations of women whose skilled hands transformed raw fiber into the foundation of textile traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This installation represents a larger research initiative that positions textile practice as a form of embodied knowledge\u2014a coded history recorded in gesture, rhythm, and material transformation. By preserving these “spinning narratives,” the artists create an imaginary archive that transcends conventional boundaries: connecting past with future, craft with digital production, the material with the virtual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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