Threads and filiations - 16 textile designers between memory and transmission

As part of JEMA 2025, the Bureau du Design, de la Mode et des Métiers d'art presents the exhibition "Fils et filiations", an artistic exploration of the relationship between thread and memory. This universal, ancestral and tangible thread becomes here the symbol of an intimate dialogue between memory, past and filiation.

From tapestry to contemporary embroidery, blending textile art
and collaborative installations, the exhibition questions the way
memories, family histories, collective narratives or
other mythologies intertwine to create visual narratives
and sensitive. Pushing back the boundaries of the textile medium, the
designers in this exhibition explore a multitude of materials
- linen, cotton, hemp, hair, wool, silk, polyester, plastic-
and techniques such as weaving, knotting, embroidery,
crocheting or braiding.
The creations on display don't just tell
stories: they envelop, question and provoke a
profound encounter with textile art in all its narrative power
and graphics.

Audrey Demarre, exhibition curator and embroidery artist, is the author of a book on contemporary embroidery , Broderies, anthologie curieuse (2024).

With :
Morgane Baroghel-Crucq
Anaïs Beaulieu
Audrey Demarre
Font & Romani
Jeanne Goutelle
Solenne Jolivet
RiekoKoga
La Filature
AureliaLeblanc
Émilie Luc-Duc
Aurélie Mathigot
Antonin Mongin
Laura Sanchez Filomeno
MérigotSanzay
Hanako Stubbe
Lucile Viaud

Set design: Véronique Maire

Practical information
March 27 to May 28, 2025
Galerie des Ateliers de Paris
30 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris