The Stitching Hour. 2018. Installation and Performance. photos: Ash Arder

Fringe Society transformed a block on Detroit’s historic Avenue of Fashion through a one-night-only experience that translated the processes of making fabric into movement, sound and light. Performances in the median of the avenue were coupled with an immersive marketplace at Detroit Fiber Works.

This public arts intervention was produced during a series of workshop style rehearsals in which performers were introduced to the processes of fiber extraction, spinning, indigo dyeing and floor loom weaving through hands on demonstrations and prompts for movement.
Each performer was prompted to create their own interpretation of a textile process in motion, moving through a looped performance for a duration of five hours.

Below are a series of experimental art videos produced as complement to the physical performances, translating fiber processes into poetic sound and movement.

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