Discussing "Birth Control Tapestry” with Textile Designer Alexandria Masse (@alexandria.masse)🪡🖼️🌿

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The (Un)Ethical Consumer

Zoe Goetzmann

20 episodes

3 days ago

The (Un)Ethical Consumer Podcast strives to answer the question: ‘what does it mean to be sustainable?’ hosted by Zoë Goetzmann. During interviews with artists, designers, creatives and industry professionals working in both art and fashion, Zoë seeks to create a space to break-down the technical processes behind design. Raising questions like: ‘What is ethical, what is not ethical?,’ ‘What is sustainable, what is unsustainable?,’ Through experience working in both the art and fashion, Zoë has come to realise that the best way to do this is this is sharing the stories that artists have to tell

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Discussing "Birth Control Tapestry” with Textile Designer Alexandria Masse (@alexandria.masse)🪡🖼️🌿

The (Un)Ethical Consumer

44 minutes 18 seconds

2 months ago

Discussing "Birth Control Tapestry” with Textile Designer Alexandria Masse (@alexandria.masse)🪡🖼️🌿

Hello #TUCPodcast🌱🎙️ Listeners! Welcome back to another episode with our next guest, Textile Designer Alexandria Masse (@alexandria.masse). Alexandria holds a BFA in Textiles/Fashion with a Minor in Art History from NSCAD University. At present, she continues to work as a visual artist, collaborating with high-profile brands including Coach, Xbox Canada, North Face and many more. In this episode, we explore the intersection of art and fashion by discussing Alexandria's viral project, "Birth Control Tapestry." In this ambitious work, Alexandria crochets the full text of her birth control information sheet, creatively confronting themes of "bodily autonomy," women’s rights ♀️🫶, and "informed consent." We also cover a variety of other topics including Alexandria’s artist background, her artistic inspirations from her childhood and East Asian heritage to intersectional feminism, the underrepresentation of women textile artists, tackling art and social media 🤳, the need for transparency in the art and fashion industries, sustainable fashion vs. no fast fashion 🚫 as well as the power of art and how art can change our world 🌍 🎨🧵🙌

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👉 Make sure to follow Alexandria's links (to see how ‘Birth Control Tapestry’ unfolds/the BTS process 🎬)

Alexandria Masse Instagram: @alexandria.masse

Alexandria Masse TikTok: @alexandriamasse

Alexandria Masse Instagram (see her other artwork): https://www.alexandriamasse.com/

🎤 Follow Host, Zoë Goetzmann: @byzoesera

TUC Podcast Instagram: @theunethicalconsumerpodcast

👉 🗣️More resources (things we also discussed in our interview/discussion) :)

Read more about Alexandria's "Birth Control Tapestry" Here

Barbara Kruger (Conceptual Artist): http://www.barbarakruger.com/

Kendall Ross (“I’d Knit That”): https://idknitthatco.com/

Louise Bourgeois “Maman” (in Ontario and - currently at Tate Modern in London): https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/louise-bourgeois-2351/art-louise-bourgeois