The Inventors of Tradition

Inventors of Tradition – Film Screening – Presented on 24 February 2011 at The Glasgow Film Theatre. A mixture of professional and amateur documentary short films that explore the recent history of the Scottish Textiles industry through its manufacturing processes, promotional activity, factory workers and fashions. Inventors of Tradition – Publication – Published October 2011 by Walter Koenig Verlag (Cologne), ISBN 978-3-86335-052-9. Further explores the ideas presented within the exhibition and film screening. Inventors of Tradition Look Book – Publication – Published July 2011 by Thea Westreich/Etah Wagner Publications (New York). Accompanies the collection Inventors of Tradition – Showrooms – A sample collection of the garments were presented, for order, in ‘pop-up’ showrooms, designed by the artists and offered the customers the opportunity to try on garments and to discuss sizing, colour, material, production methods and the design process. The Talbot Rice Gallery (Edinburgh) – April 2011 Mackintosh Museum (Glasgow) – October 2011 Art Advisory Services (New York) – October 2011 Etablissement D’En Face Projects (Brussels) – November 2011 Cabinet (London) – November 2011 MD72 (Berlin) – November 2011