Guided Tours of ‘Shifting Narratives’ Exhibition

Take part in one of five insightful tours to discover the outputs of , a collaborative project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) led by Dr Francesco Mazzarella (Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London) across three east London boroughs (Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest) from 2022 to 2024.

Available times:

Tour 1: 13.00 – 13.30 (1pm - 1:30pm BST).

Tour 2: 14.30 – 15.00 (2:30pm - 3:00pm BST).

Tour 3: 16.00 – 16.30 BST (4:00pm - 4:30pm BST).

Tour 4: 17.30 – 18.00 BST (5:30pm - 6:00pm BST).

Tour 5: 18.30 – 19.00 BST (6:30pm - 7:00pm BST).

Throughout five immersive sections – focused on storytelling, making, learning, and activating – you can experience multi-media outputs, including textile autobiographies, a map, garments and accessories, textile artefacts, banners, photography and campaigning for policy change. You can gain insight into the lived experiences of London-based refugees and asylum seekers in relation to the themes of cultural sustainability and community resilience. At the tour, you will have the opportunity to engage with the Project Lead and fellow visitors to understand the reciprocal process of making and learning – through fashion and textiles – that brought this project to life.

The exhibition was made possible with the support of the Barbican Library, Arbeit Project Ltd, Bow Arts, the London boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest; Poplar HARCA, Rosetta Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees.

About Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London:

Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF) is a University of the Arts London (UAL) research, education, and knowledge exchange centre, based at London College of Fashion (LCF). CSF provokes, challenges, and questions the status quo in fashion to contribute to a system that recognises its ecological context and honours equity. The Centre’s work shapes and contributes to Fashion Design for Sustainability as a field of study, industry practices and educational models. By exploring and cross-referencing fashion’s relational ecological, social, economic, and cultural agendas, CSF engages in transformational design practices. CSF takes a pluralistic, systemic approach, collaborating across its network of universities, businesses and other organisations from all around the world.

Host or Publisher Centre for Sustainable Fashion