FITE – Textile Biennial – CLERMONT-FERRAND
2024 - CLERMONT-FERRAND (FRANCE) | 2025 - São paulo (BRAZIL)
History
In 2012, HS_Projets association and Bargoin museum created the International Festival of Extra ordinaries Textiles (FITE) with Clermont-Ferrand City, soon followed by the Clermont Auvergne Métropole. Since its first edition the FITE is supported by the DRAC AURA, departemental council and Auvergnes Rhône-Alpes region. For 2024, the FITE officially becomes FITE – Textile Biennial – Clermont-Ferrand.
The FITE wants to change the world. His aim is to use fabrics to make people aware of differences, hidden meanings, changes and modernity, to understand the world in all its diversity.
WHERE & WHEN ?
One theme is voted for 2 years !
WHOM ?
Association under the 1901 Law. International actors of textiles : artists, designers, dancers etc. The association works to structure exchanges and cooperation between regional, national, european and international actors by organizing events such as the FITE.
WHOM ?
WHOM ?
The Museum Bargoin
Whose collections are unique in France, pursue a remarkable work on extra-european textiles invite us to an unseen travel.
WHOM ?
Clermont auvergne
métropole
Urban community, work for the reinforcement of the intercommunalitiy to make things better together, especially as part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes