The Tale of a Textile

is a documentary film about the various people and professions involved in the making of a textile cloth. This video follows the stories of seven key characters in the city of Wa and surrounding villages of the Upper West region of Ghana. Together they show their perspective on five different chapters:

Specificity of Upper West

Qualities of Yarn

Becoming of a Loom

The Art of Weaving

Wearing Culture

The Tale of a Textile was developed and filmed by Arian Lehner, an architecture student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. It is part of the [applied] foreign affairs lab of summer 2017, lead by Bärbel Müller with Jürgen Strohmayer. The project was held in collaboration with Nubuke Foundation in Wa, with Kofi Setordji, Odile Tevie and Laari Williams.

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