On Indigo with Textile Artist Aboubakar Fofana at SCAD FASH
Conférence
In partnership with Villa Albertine, SCAD FASH welcomes African fiber artist Aboubakar Fofana to the SCAD FASH film salon. Born in Mali and raised in France, Fofana is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose working mediums include calligraphy, textiles, and natural dyes.
During his presentation, Aboubakar will discuss how his work explores traditional fermented indigo dye and the influence of nature’s cyclical patterns. Dedicating his life to the revitalizing of traditional dyeing techniques, Fofana explores the impact of indigo uses on humanity.
Aboubakar Fofana is an artist and designer whose mediums include calligraphy, textiles and natural dyes. He is known for reinvigorating and redefining West African indigo dyeing techniques, and he is devoted to the preservation and reinterpretation of traditional West African textile and natural dyeing methods and materials. Fofana’s work stems from a spiritual belief that nature is divine, and through respecting this divinity we can understand the sacred universe. His materials come from the natural world, and his practice revolves around cycles of nature, the themes of birth, decay and change, and the impermanence of these materials.