Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Across talks, workshops and hands-on experiences, the programme for Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven invites you to slow down, look closely and take part. Whether through making, discussion or play, each event reveals the human stories, skills and shared histories woven into textiles across time and place.
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Exhibition Preview
Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven Preview
Thursday 9 July
6–8pm
Free, booking requiredJoin us for a special preview of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven and be among the first to experience this major international exhibition at the Whitworth. Explore newly commissioned works alongside historic textiles, meet artists and collaborators, and enjoy an evening of conversation, discovery and celebration.
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Artist Tour
Threads of Exchange
Friday 10 July
2–4pm
Free, booking requiredJoin artists and curators from Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven for a guided tour of the exhibition. Offering insights into their practice and the ideas behind the works on display, this artist-led walkthrough explores textiles as carriers of memory, labour and cultural exchange.
Reflecting collaborations across Korea, India and the UK, the tour invites visitors to engage more deeply with the exhibition’s themes of shared histories and global dialogue.This event is now sold out, but you can join the waitlist
Artist Workshops
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Workshop with Somi Ko
Saturday 11 July
10am–12pm
Free, booking requiredWork directly with artist Somi Ko in this hands-on session inspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, exploring the tactile possibilities of hanji paper. Participants will learn to crochet using hand-spun fibre, gaining insight into Ko’s meditative approach to material, time and the body.
This event is now sold out, but you can join the waitlist
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Embroidery Workshop with Jounghye Yoo
Saturday 11 July
10am–12pm
Free, booking requiredJoin exhibiting artist Jounghye Yoo for a special embroidery workshop inspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, centred on her installation Gilded Veil, which brings together Korean silk embroidery and Indian ajrakh block printing. Participants will embroider onto intricately hand-printed and naturally dyed ajrakh fabric created by master dyer Dr Ismail Khatri, engaging directly with these cross-cultural techniques and taking home a unique textile piece.
This event is now sold out, but you can join the waitlist
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What We Carry From Home — Workshop with Vian Hussein
Saturday 11 July
10:30am–12:30pm & 2–4pm
Free, Booking requiredInspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, this hands-on textile workshop with artist Vian Hussein invites participants to explore identity, memory and belonging through fabric. Using paint, embroidery and mark-making, you’ll create a personal textile piece while contributing to a shared artwork that reflects collective stories and experiences.
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Embroidery Workshops with Ibukun Baldwin
Second Saturdays (Aug–Dec)
11am–1pm
Free, booking requiredBuilding on the themes of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven and artist Jounghye Yoo’s work, these sessions, led by Ibukun Baldwin, offer a relaxed introduction to embroidery through hands-on making. Participants will work on intricately hand-printed ajrakh textiles featured in Yoo’s installation, and create their own piece to take home.
Workshop dates:Saturday 8 August 2026
Saturday 12 September 2026
Saturday 10 October 2026
Saturday 14 November 2026
Saturday 12 December 2026Book your place now
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Family Activities
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PLAYday
Friday 10 July
10:30am–2:30pm
Free, drop-inInspired by Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, PLAYday transforms the gallery into an imaginative play space for under-fives and their families. Using everyday materials, this open-ended session encourages curiosity, creativity and hands-on exploration in a relaxed environment.
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PLAYTIME
22 July – 28 August
Wed–Fri, 1–4pm
Free, drop-inThis summer, PLAYTIME brings the themes of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven to life through playful weaving and embroidery activities across the galleries and outdoor spaces. Visitors of all ages are invited to experiment with texture, pattern and making in a lively, creative setting.
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Tours
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Curator Tour with Victoria Hartley
Thursday 23 July 2026
6–7pm
Free, booking requiredAssistant Curator Victoria Hartley leads this introduction to Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, focusing on the connections between contemporary commissions and the Whitworth’s world-class textile collection. Discover how historic and contemporary works are brought into conversation across time and place.
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BSL tour with Hope Lambert
Saturday 22 August 2026
2pm-3pm
Free, booking requiredJoin Hope Lambert for a British Sign Language tour of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven. The tour will give an overview of the exhibition, with insights into a selection of the artworks on display. Whether you are a fluent BSL user or learning, this is a great event to engage with others in an entirely BSL environment.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
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Conservator Tour with Zoë Lanceley
Thursday 15 October 2026
6–7pm
Free, booking requiredExplore the behind-the-scenes care of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven with Textiles Conservator Zoë Lanceley. This tour offers insight into how both contemporary and historic textiles are conserved, displayed and protected, revealing the technical expertise behind the exhibition.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
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Curator Tour with Amy George
Thursday 26 November 2026
6–7pm
Free, booking requiredJoin Senior Curator Amy George for an in-depth tour of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, offering insight into the research and development behind the exhibition and its newly commissioned works. This tour reveals the curatorial thinking shaping the dialogue between contemporary practice and historic textiles.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
Collection Study Evenings
A special series of evening events offering rare access to works from the Whitworth’s internationally significant textiles collection, presented alongside Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven. Each session combines expert insight with close-up study of textiles not usually on display.
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South Asian & Korean Textiles Study Session
Thursday 8 October 2026
6–7:30pm
Free, booking requiredJoin curators Amy George and Victoria Hartley to explore historic South Asian and Korean textiles connected to Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven. This session offers a unique opportunity to encounter collection works up close while deepening understanding of the exhibition’s global context.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
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Young In Hong - Sacred Empires
Thursday 22 October 2026
6–7:30pm
Free, booking requiredArtist Youngin Hong presents an in-depth look at her commission Sacred Empires from Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven. Hosted in the Whitworth’s Study Centre, the talk is accompanied by related works from the Whitworth’s collection, offering insight into collaboration, labour and storytelling in textile practice.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
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Fields Unspun: Cotton, Empire, and Textile Practices
Thursday 5 November 2026
6–7:30pm
Free, booking requiredDr Arianna Tozzi, artist Himanshi Parmar and Seema Kulkarni explore the themes of cotton, empire, and agroecology in relation to Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven. Combining artistic practices based on natural pigments, archival and oral history research with women farmers in India—alongside textiles from the Whitworth’s collection—the session explores the role of textile arts in unearthing complex colonial histories and narrating alternative futures.
Booking link to be made available closer to the event.
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