Exhibition Walk-through: Textiles As Monument

Syona Puliady, curator of textiles, together with participating artists from the exhibition, will lead a special walkthrough.
About this Event

Syona Puliady, curator of textiles, together with participating artists from the exhibition, will lead a special walkthrough of Textiles as Monument, an exhibition that explores how textiles can serve as powerful vessels for memory, storytelling, and historical reimagining.
This walkthrough offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from the curator and artists as they discuss their newly commissioned works and the ideas behind them. From the significance of textiles drawn from intimate, everyday contexts to the ways touch, labor, and collaboration shape each piece, the conversation will illuminate how these works function as “counter-monuments.” Together, the artists will provide deeper context for the exhibition’s themes while inviting audiences to reflect on the emotional, cultural, and sensory dimensions of textile-based practices.
Syona Puliady is curator of textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere at the Fowler. Her research focuses on histories and textiles of the Indian Ocean realm. Her work also takes her to the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, where she collaborates with artists and garment laborers who weave their identities into the Tamil landscape of visual, sensory, and performing arts.