{"id":44204,"date":"2021-06-16T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/event\/tuleviku-kaasavara\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:23:54","slug":"dowry-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/event\/dowry-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Dowry of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

The virtual exhibition\u00a0\u2018Dowry of the Future\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0is a three-part digital exhibition which was created for the VIII World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples<\/a>, introducing the extensive application of the wealth of heritage in fashion, and which is now open for a wider audience. The exhibition will showcase an overview of the ethnographic designs by the students of the Estonian Academy of Arts from the recent years as presented by professor\u00a0Piret Puppart. Karl Joonas Alamaa\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0installation \u2018\u00d5unapuu all \u2013 hommage hoolele\u2019 (\u2018Underneath the Apple Tree \u2013 An Homage to Care\u2019) and\u00a0Lisette Sivard\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0performance \u2018V\u00d6\u00d6\u2019 (\u2018THE BELT\u2018) are illustrative examples of how legacies can affect being human and a creative.<\/p>

The video exhibition \u2018Dowry of the Future\u2019 offers an insight into the modernisation of the cultural heritage of clothes through fashion. Besides language, clothes are one of the richest dowries we have of the past and the viable integration of its traditions and practices into the future depends on the success of its modernisation, including the attractiveness of the relevant processes. <\/p>

Traditional folk clothing, a mirror to the past, has its well-established place in society, but its adjacent forms, i.e. clothing items inspired by heritage culture) have an important role to play in expanding possibilities to preserve skills and knowledge. Therefore, the seeds and sprouts sown in the search for interpretation are essential to cultural revitalisation, enabling the creation of garments enriched with an essence of local identity and pride for both the present and the future.<\/p>Piret Puppart<\/strong>, Head of the Department of Fashion Design of the Estonian Academy of Arts, to summarise the reasons why the exhibition was organised<\/cite><\/blockquote>

The interpretation of folk dress and heritage has been ongoing in the Department of Fashion Design of the Estonian Academy of Arts since the 1940s and the experience accumulated during this time has been remarkably diverse.\u00a0<\/p>

Piret Puppart will provide an overview of the heritage and the revival of the culture of the ancestors in the last decade as part of the video tour.\u00a0<\/strong>The section explains the causes, logic, and ethics of using ethnographic material as a source of inspiration and provides a number of illustrative examples to support it. The video clip is enriched by K\u00e4rt Summatavet\u2019s editorial on the spheres of influence of heritage landscapes in modern design.<\/p>

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