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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nGFA24: fighting fascism through fashion. hacking white supremacy<\/h2>\n\n\n
A workshop\u00a0by \u201cfashion and the far right. the new complexity in style\u201d in collaboration with the Austrian Center for Fashion Research at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, organized by Elke Gaugele and Sarah Held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We invite you to provoke change! We are facing an almost global shift to the far-right. From a critical fashion research perspective we\u2019ve been observing this political development also on a vestimentary level \u2013 \u201cFashion has been weaponized\u201d (givhan, 2017) if this upsets you, too \u2013 this workshop gives you the opportunity to hack current cultures of hate via fashion! Let\u2019s craft and design against fascist fashion and create visual counter narratives. Our workshop fosters a forward-thinking and future-oriented level of democratic fashion practice that aims at reducing violence, racism, hate and radicalization as a counter action to the rise of contemporary far-right extremism in many countries worldwide. Together we will work on fashion based counter strategies to contemporary authoritarianism, far-right extremism. join us, team up and collaborate! In our workshop we will fight for global and racial justice. We will be forging a bold vision: together we create hacking strategies from different positions\/locations in the world. Together, we will develop various counter-strategy concepts, ranging from handmade fashion hacks to counter-images, short videos, memes, and photos, that provide information on fashion and fascism, and take counter-action against the global shift to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We invite all participants (offline & online) to prepare material they want to work with. This could be: paper, pen, fabric, yarns, old clothes, pictures, smartphone \u2013 anything analogue or digital you want to deconstruct. We will draw, write, sew, embroider, cut, layer, label, perform, film, photograph & collage together against fascism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About GFA: <\/strong>The Global Fashioning Assemby (GFA) is a biennial online gathering of local fashion coalitions from around the world to decenter and decolonise knowledge creation and sharing on body fashioningpractices and heritages.The GFA is happening from October 1 till October 20. Check out the full program here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n