​The group from  DESIS-Q lab, Kyushu University   have great plans for TC in 2027 and 2028.
Anne  Ting invites all TC coordinators to send squares  to  DESIS-Q lab   for   a  parade during  a TC lecture and workshop  in Fukuoka for Kyushu University Asia Week in early November.  They will showcase TC squares by parading them around town !


send squares until 15 October 2026  to: 
〒815-8540
福岡県福岡市南区塩原4-9-1
九州大学 5号館 522室
M. Sarantou 先生 

Prof. M. Sarantou
Room 522, Building 5
Kyushu University
4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minami-ku
Fukuoka city 
815-8540
JAPAN​

​The Thread That Connects Us
 
The project The Thread That Connects Us is conceived as a textile action that connects us to others in ways that can take many forms. Connections between people can have different meaning and different level of intensity through time.
Let's take a little walk through some (of a multitude of) possible ways to think about one thread or many threads that connect us... Get inspired and find your own way to relate the topic of this project.
 
The original thread
The umbilical cord is the very first "thread" that connects us to another human being and the first thing that is cut as a first step to separate every human being who comes into the world from their mother. The umbilical cord can be seen as the original thread, and as the most intimate string between two people that must be cut to disconnect mother and child from each other in another way.
 
The thread in Greek mythology
Princess Ariadne gave the hero Theseus a ball of yarn so that he could find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. Taken from Greek mythology, it refers to a landmark, a method, or a "guiding thread" to guide someone. Ariadne's thread therefore refers to a guide, a method, or a "guiding thread" that will help someone.
 
The thread that creates lines and borders
The thread can also create lines, such as parallel lines. The definition of parallel lines is that they are constantly at the same distance from each other without crossing each other. Can the space that never gets bigger or smaller be an illustration of an infinite relationship. Regardless of whether the distance is many kilometres or a few millimetres.
 
A short text accompanying your square  
Please, join a short text describing your working process and/or concept with your squares.
 
Exhibition information and deadline
The exhibition with those squares will be hosted by the art association in Ås (Ås kunstforening). Ås is a little town where I live and which is located about 30 km from Oslo (Norway).
The 10X10 cm squares can be made from any textile material or technique.

Send the squares to the following address by  November 15th, 2026.
Samira Jamouchi
Nebbaveien, 1
1407 Vinterbro
Norway

EntreLaços (BetweenTies)
Avenidas, Lisboa, Portugal, 17th December 2026-  28th February 2027
An initiative by Avenidas – a theatre in every neighbourhood, coordinated by Carla Martins.​
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Different communities share spaces without necessarily sharing the same experiences. Memories that circulate, knowledge passed from person to person, ways of caring that become invisible because they are so common; boundaries, distances and loneliness that are part of everyday life. How do all these movements meet, connect and intertwine within the same territory?
EntreLaços (BetweenTies) is a participatory exhibition project by Avenidas – a theatre in every neighbourhood (Santos ao Rego neighbourhood, Lisbon, Portugal), in collaboration with the artist Carla Martins (Textile Cartographies, ABESA|Atrozela Group), which involves groups, communities and citizens of all ages in reflecting, through textile creation and experimentation, on individual and collective connections to the local area and to others. It incorporates and is based on the principles of action of the international artistic activism movement Textile Cartographies.
The project will run from September to December 2026, involving associations, institutions, organisations, schools and citizens of all ages from the geographical area covered by the cultural space. Through the principles of Textile Cartographies, conditions will be created to enable different groups to explore their experiences, memories, relationships and life journeys, gradually shaping an exhibition that will fill the entire physical space of Avenidas.
The EntreLaços (BetweenTies) exhibition will open on 17th December 2026, marking yet another anniversary of Avenidas, and will run until 28th February 2027. During this period, a parallel programme, co-created with partners and participants, will build on the issues and encounters that arise.
 
It is in this context that we invite the entire Textile Cartographies community to join this experience and to develop squares based on the reflections about your own connections to your territory(ies). The contributions will be integrated into the EntreLaços (BetweenTies) universe, establishing a dialogue and a connection between the cartographies imagined within the geographical area covered by Avenidas and those produced in other parts of the world.
 
Deadline to send squares: 27th Nov 26
 

Please send your squares to:
Avenidas – um teatro em cada bairro
EntreLaços
Cartografias Têxteis
R. Alberto de Sousa 10A, 1600-201 Lisboa, Portugal

​Please send Information about the process 
We will be very happy if you will also send us texts, videos or photographs that reflect your process to:
Carla Martins
[email protected]
 

EntreLaços
Uma iniciativa do Avenidas - um teatro em cada bairro com coordenação de Carla Martins.


Diferentes comunidades partilham o mesmo espaço sem necessariamente partilharem as mesmas experiências.
Memórias que circulam, conhecimentos que passam de pessoa para pessoa, formas de cuidar que se tornam invisíveis de tão quotidianas; fronteiras, distâncias e solidões que fazem parte da vida comum. Como é que todos estes movimentos se cruzam, se ligam, se entrelaçam num mesmo território?
EntreLaços é um projeto-exposição participativo do Avenidas – um teatro em cada bairro (Bairro de Santos ao Rego, Lisboa, Portugal), em colaboração com a artista Carla Martins (Cartografias Têxteis, Grupo ABESA|Atrozela), que envolve grupos, comunidades e cidadãos de todas as idades no ato de pensar, através da criação e experimentação têxtil, as ligações individuais e coletivas ao território e aos Outros. Integra e parte dos princípios de ação do movimento internacional de ativismo artístico Cartografias Têxteis.
O projeto desenvolver-se-á entre setembro e dezembro de 2026, envolvendo associações, instituições, organizações, escolas e cidadãos de todas as idades da área geográfica abrangida pelo espaço cultural. Através dos princípios das Cartografias Têxteis, serão criadas condições para que os diferentes grupos possam trabalhar as suas experiências, memórias, relações e caminhos de vida, desenhando, gradualmente, uma exposição que invadirá todo o espaço físico do Avenidas.
A exposição EntreLaços será inaugurada a 17 de dezembro de 2026, assinalando mais um aniversário do espaço Avenidas, e permanecerá até 28 de fevereiro de 2027. Durante este período, uma programação paralela, cocriada com os parceiros e os participantes, dará continuidade às questões e aos encontros que forem surgindo.

É neste contexto que convidamos toda a comunidade das Cartografias Têxteis a juntar-se a esta experiência e a desenvolver os seus quadrados a partir da reflexão sobre as suas próprias ligações ao seu território. Os contributos serão integrados no universo EntreLaços, estabelecendo um diálogo e uma relação entre as cartografias construídas no espaço geográfico abrangido pelo Avenidas e as cartografias produzidas em outros lugares do mundo.

Prazo para envio dos quadrados: 27 de novembro de 2026

Por favor, enviem os vossos quadrados para:
Avenidas – um teatro em cada bairro
Cartografias Têxteis
Rua Alberto de Sousa 10A, 1600-201 Lisboa, Portugal

Ficaremos muito contentes se também nos enviarem textos, vídeos ou fotografias que reflitam o vosso processo para:
​
Carla Martins
[email protected]