Textile Conference

Attended what was dubbed as a conference at Bhau Daji Lad Museum, part of the “Connected Threads” exhibition. Women outnumbered men 95:5. One of the panellists even went on to say that textiles are synonymous with femininity and give women an identity. The “conference” was essentially 2 rounds of panel discussions with the artists. But before that there was a keynote address by Dr Jyotindra Jain, former director of crafts museum. At the end there were many loose threads and no logical connection. After the conference, rushed through 6 of the 25 exhibits. Best was this, where the artist has written her mother’s recipes in Braille by leaving parts of the saree-like fabric undyed. It is a brilliant metaphor for trying to understand her mother who died early.