BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9485@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Roundtable: Decolonizing the Gaze – The Colonial Heritage of Italia n and International Fashion Design DTSTAMP:20261008T203535Z DTSTART:20250918T160000Z DTEND:20250918T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Decolonizing the Gaze is an international\, participatory proje ct initiated by\nartist and researcher Caterina Pecchioli. The project bri ngs together artists\,\nstylists\, Afro-descendant fashion designers\, as well as those from countries\nwith a colonial past in order to critically examines how fashion has\nhistorically contributed to the visual construct ion of colonial ideologies. The\nprogrammes organised within the context o f Decolonizing the Gaze explore ways to\nreframe these legacies through ma terial culture and embodied practices. On 18\nSeptember\, Framer Framed ho sts a new roundtable with designer and lecturer\nLinnemore Nefdt\, artist Caterina Pecchioli\, researcher Enrica Picarelli and\nassociate professor Alessandra Vaccari\, moderated by curator Alessandra\nSaviotti.\n\nThis ro undtable is organised within the framework Pecchioli’s project\, which\npr oposes a visual and historical analysis of dress items\, fabrics\, and\nac cessories from the Italian and Dutch colonial period that are preserved in the\ncollections of the Ex Museo Coloniale in Rome and the former Tropenm useum in\nAmsterdam. A participatory study that aims to bring the Italian decolonial\nperspective within a live European debate on the decolonizatio n of fashion and\nculture and on the political uses of fashion and clothin g. The complex\nrelationship between de-colonialism\, heritage\, cultural globalisation\, and “Made\nin Italy” is tackled through a program of works hops and seminars with the\ncollaboration of institutions engaged on the s ubject in Italy\, Holland\,\nEthiopia\, South Africa\, and the USA.\n\nReg ister here [https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111566871]. \n\nAbout\n\nCaterina Pecchioli [https://framerframed.nl/mensen/caterina-p ecchioli/] is a\nmultimedia and multi-disciplinary artist\, researcher\, c urator\, and art director\,\nwhose work explores critical aspects and effe cts of power on mass behavior and\nsocio-cultural and political dynamics. In September 2025\, she received the Thami\nMnyele Foundation residency aw ard. During her residency in Amsterdam\, she will\ncontinue working on her project\, Decolonising the Gaze. The Colonial Heritage of\nItalian and In ternational Fashion Design and Its Impact on the Collective\nImagination\, which she developed in 2023 during her previous residency at the\nThami M nyele Foundation collaboration with CBK Zuidoost and Framer Framed\, and\n was supported by the Italian Council (11th edition\, 2022).\n\nThis event is in English. Admission is free.\n\nIn collaboration with Thami Mnyele Fo undation\, Framer Framed\, Africa e\nMediterraneo. The project was support ed by the Italian Council Fund\, XI edition\n(2022)\, Direzione Generale C reatività Contemporanea – Ministero della Cultura.\n\nDo you also think ar t should be free and accessible? Please consider supporting\nus with a don ation when registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend\n[https://fra merframed.nl/over-ons/friends/]! The event may be photographed and\nfilmed . Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture\nta ken. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/roundtable-decolonizing-the-gaze-the-co lonial-heritage-of-italian-and-international-fashion-design GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:afro,amsterdam-oost,colonialism,dapperbuurt,live X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Decolonizing the Gaze is an internati onal, participatory project initiated by artist and researcher Caterina Pe cchioli. The project brings together artists, stylists, Afro-descendant fa shion designers, as well as those from countries with a colonial past in o rder to critically examines how fashion has historically contributed to th e visual construction of colonial ideologies. The programmes organised wit hin the context of Decolonizing the Gaze explore ways to reframe these legacies through material culture and embodied practices. On 18 September, Framer Framed hosts a new roundtable with designer and lecturer Linnemore Nefdt, artist Caterina Pe cchioli, researcher Enrica Picarelli and associa te professor Alessandra Vaccari, moderated by curator Alessandra Saviotti.

This roundtable is organised within t he framework Pecchioli’s project, which proposes a visual and historical a nalysis of dress items, fabrics, and accessories from the Italian and Dutc h colonial period that are preserved in the collections of the Ex Museo Co loniale in Rome and the former Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. A participatory study that aims to bring the Italian decolonial perspective within a live European debate on the decolonization of fashion and culture and on the po litical uses of fashion and clothing. The complex relationship between de- colonialism, heritage, cultural globalisation, and “Made in Italy” is tack led through a program of workshops and seminars with the collaboration of institutions engaged on the subject in Italy, Holland, Ethiopia, South Afr ica, and the USA.

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Cate rina Pecchioli is a multimedia and multi-disciplinary artist, research er, curator, and art director, whose work explores critical aspects and ef fects of power on mass behavior and socio-cultural and political dynamics. In September 2025, she received the Thami Mnyele Foundation residency awa rd. During her residency in Amsterdam, she will continue working on her pr oject, Decolonising the Gaze. The Colonial Heritage of Italian and Int ernational Fashion Design and Its Impact on the Collective Imagination, which she developed in 2023 during her previous residency at the Thami Mnyele Foundation collaboration with CBK Zuidoost and Framer Framed, and w as supported by the Italian Council (11th edition, 2022).

Th is event is in English. Admission is free.

In collabora tion with Thami Mnyele Foundation, Framer Framed, Africa e Mediterraneo. T he project was supported by the Italian Council Fund, XI edition (2022), D irezione Generale Creatività Contemporanea – Ministero della Cultura.

Do you also think art should be free and accessible? Please conside r supporting us with a donation when registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend! The event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know i n advance if you prefer not to have your picture taken.

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