Following the growing awareness on sustainable textile design innovation, and the underrepresentation of female artists in art history, the writer and director of Life Is A Cultural Thread 2022 embarks on a new journey in a subject she is so passionate about.

The result is a tapestry of interviews with women artists and designers leading in the industry from and in, different corners of the globe. From textile dyeing traditions to weaving techniques or innovative approaches to art, the audience learns in this intergenerational short, how each one of them contributes like a thread, to our world’s intercultural tapestry of textile production and consumption. All, by blending influences and heritage as one solution for a more equitable, diverse, and sustainable future. — NATLAB cinema, Eindhoven, the Netherlands during Dutch Design Week 2022 first screening.

LIFE IS A CULTURAL THREAD 2022
​Directed by
Viviana M. Calderon de la Barca

OFFICIAL DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2022 FIRST SCREENING
22/10 Natlab Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Film Title: LIFE IS A CULTURAL THREAD
Type of production: short film
Genre: documentary
Country: Netherlands
Length: 25 min.
Language: Dutch, English, Spanish, Japanese.
Subtitles: English
Format: HD / Color
Production year: 2022
Shooting year: 2019/2020/2021
Release date: October 22, 2022
Direction and screenplay: Viviana M. C. De La Barca
Co-Production: Baltan Laboratories Org.
Production Design: Vidamir Netherlands
Editing: Amir Komelizadeh

Artists:
Christie van der Haak
Emmeline de Mooij
Margreet Sweerts
Dr. Nora Kravis
Monica Flores Moreno
Rosa Aray H.
Carolyn Raff
Satomi Minoshima
Pauline Agustoni

Animated Art
Cherry Jeffs

Animation
Matty Jorissen

Music
Coen van Orsouw senior

Soundscapes
Leon van Bokhorst

Sound
Oliver Nijs