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TITLE • TITEL Chiharu Shiota/Japan: "After the Dream", 2011 installation for the "Lost in Lace" exhibition see page 24 Chiharu Shiota/Japan: "After the Dream", 2011 Installation zur Ausstellung "Lost in Lace" s. Seiten 24 ff Photo: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

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Informationen aus deutschsprachigen Ländern (mit Kalender)

Information from German-speaking countries ___________________ 3 Design Preis Schweiz 2011

Swiss Design Prize _ ___________________________________________ 7 Textilforum, ETN und Textilkunst in Litauen Beatrijs Sterk

Textile Forum, ETN and Textile Art in Lithuania __________________ 8 Die Tapisseriebiennale 2011 in Buenos Aires Gracia Cutuli

The Tapestry Biennial 2011 in Buenos Aires ______________________ 14 Das Papierkunst-Fest 2011 in Sofia Maria Landova

The Sofia Paper Art Fest 2011 _________________________________ 16 Nachtrag zur Miniartextil Como 2011 "Energheia" Monika Engel Addendum to the Como Miniaturtextile "Energheia" _ __________ 19 Diverse Veranstaltungsberichte Diverse Event Reports ________________________________________ 20 VORSCHAU PREVIEW Wettbewerbe, Treffen/Kurse Competitions, Meetings/Courses _______________________________ 21 Diverse Veranstaltungsvorschauen Diverse Event Previews _________________________________________ ? MODETHEMA SPITZE & BÜCHER LACE, A FASHION SUBJECT & BOOKS In Spitze versunken

Lost in Lace_ ____________________________________________________ 24 Liebe zur Spitze Elisabeth Jacobsen Heimdal

Love Lace – International Lace Award__________________________ 28 Die Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011 Beatrijs Sterk

The 2011 Frankfort Book Fair__________________________________ 32 Textilliteratur (26 Buchneuerscheinungen)

Textile Books (26 New Editions)________________________________ 33 SONDERBERICHTE SPECIAL REPORTS Als Weberin in Afghanistan Irene Carlos

In Afghanistan as a Weaver_ __________________________________ 44 Die 'Knitting & Stitching Show' Diana Springall

The Knitting & Stitching Show_________________________________ 45 VERANSTALTUNGSKALENDER International CALENDAR OF EVENTS ___________________________________ 46 AUSBLICK TEXTILFORUM 1/2012 PREVIEW TEXTILE FORUM 1/2012 _ ____________________________ 57 A part of the participants of the 16th ETN Conference at the garden of the Čiurlionis National Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania Photo: Remis Scerbauskas

EDITORIAL

When preparing this issue, our journey to Lithuania and our celebrations in that country were still fresh in our minds (see pp. 8-13). We returned to our work in Hanover at a late stage as the Lithuanian dates were scheduled at the very end of September. Before our departure, our time-consuming preparations for the Kaunas events did not allow us time to conduct our research for TF 4/2011, so we were hard pressed to devote the usual attention to this issue.

Despite catching colds, we just managed to squeeze in a one-day trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair to review new publications released this year.

Our encounters in Lithuania gave us a whole range of interesting new insights into future developments, but it is likely that details will only be available for review next year. We were surprised to see visitors from Canton. Our Chinese guests are planning a new international biennial of textile art at home on which we will report more fully in TF 1/2012. Our Russian partners were also strongly represented and showed a definite interest in co-operating with us once again. The general atmosphere in both Kaunas and Vilnius was a highly productive one, and will result in further initiatives.

In the summer, we received news of a novel kind of paper art initiative conceived in Sofia that we review in more detail in this issue (see pp. 16-19).

The theme of this issue is partly def ined by two lace exhibitions currently running in the UK and Australia (see pp. 24-31), which interpret the subject in very broad terms. Dietmar Laue

A RECOMMENDATION FOR GERMANSPEAKING READERS Declaration of Berne, the Swiss environmental organisation based in Zurich, has released a CD-ROM that complements our contribution in BRIEF NOTES, page 2: Fashion, a global business The Berne Declaration (BD), a Swiss environmental organisation (http:// www.evb.ch/), has produced a CDROM for use in schools which merits attention not only from textile teachers. Using the fashion industry as an example, it explains global relationships in the economy, politics and civil society. Labour rights, human rights, poverty, trade union work and the options for action open to consumers are presented in a format suitable for secondary school students. In addition to short films, worksheets and ideas to use in class, the CD offers entire teaching units. Its themes are: Introduction to the global clothing industry; Global trade, spending capacity, power; Poverty despite employment; Labour rights and human rights for everyone?; What “ethical consumption” means; Is fair fashion really fair?; and: I am a consumer too.

The contents may be used free of charge for teaching purposes in the classroom; for private use, the CD is available at a price of SFr 12 from Erklärung von Bern, Dienerstr. 12 / Postfach, CH-8026 Zürich; tel: +44-44/277700; email: info@evb.ch

Centre: Street view, Kaunas centre Below: The ARKA gallery in Vilnius Beatrijs Sterk, Marina Mamyan/ARM and Dietmar Laue