A spokesperson says---
"...Reiko Sudō is a... Japanese designer who has pioneered... textiles... NUNO, a textile collective in Japan led by Sudō, has transformed Japanese textile design through experimentation with traditional and contemporary materials and techniques... this exhibition traces Sudō and NUNO’s... processes with technology and sustainability initiatives, often created in collaboration with independent artisans and workshops across Japan... Textile Alchemy features over 100 limitededition textiles... together with drawings, sketches, raw materials, tools, mock-ups, and prototypes."
"...curtains were engineered to partially block visual light transmission (VLT)... Examples of the... Sputtered Chrome textiles are presented alongside her... Stainless Steel Gloss..."
"...A recreation of the original 1984 NUNO shop will act as the hub of the exhibition... the shop will encourage visitors to engage with NUNO goods, such as textiles, clothing, and accessories..."
"...Textile Alchemy is organized by key principles of Sudō and NUNO’s practice. Sudō began collaborating with weavers, dyers, artisans, and engineers across Japan... The Experimentation section includes examples such as the Metal series, where Sudō transformed industrial coatings used on plastic automobile parts into... fabrics that look like metal but remain soft and flexible."
"...Sudō traveled extensively throughout Japan’s traditional textileproducing regions... In the Reimagining Textile Traditions section, centuries-old practices—such as handmade paper (washi) making, embroidery, and stencil-printed ikat (meisen)—are reimagined..."
"...In the Sustainability and Reuse section, elements that would typically be thrown away are instead approached as upcycled raw materials. Kibiso, the coarse outer surface of silk cocoons that a silkworm spins first, is typically utilized as a by-product... workers and artisans... worked with NUNO to transform its thick, stiff texture into finer, pliable thread... Remnants of traditional handspun raw-silk threads... were unraveled, respun, and woven into new NUNO patterned textiles..."
