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Rope is a handmade rope of 60m long and 28cm thick. It
weighs 196 kg. Rope is too big to be used as a rope. Nevertheless, 'use' is its
purpose. Spincemaille travels around with Rope and tries to embed it
temporarily in places and local communities. Although Rope always remains an
impenetrable and elusive part of reality, its mere presence makes the world
visible in a new way. During these trips Rope writes a journal. The journals
can be consulted on www.rope.blue/journal.

In addition to Rope, Atelier Ief Spincemaille also creates hand-woven Ropes of 12 and 6 meters.
Find out more on Rope at www.rope.blue

CREDITS

Concept & Realization: Ief Spincemaille

Technical Assistance: Bout De Beul

Textile Research: Leila Boukhalfa, Charlotte Stuby,
Jan Duerinck - Graphic Design Flyer: Eva Moullaert, with many thanks to Guido
Devadder

Images: Do Won (Serena) Lee and Vincent Noir.

Funded by the Flemish authorities, atelier Ief Spincemaille and N.O.W. The first performance of Rope in Firenze was commissioned by N.O.W [New Open Working Process for the Performing Arts] with the support of Extrapole, Fabbrica Europa, Indisciplinarte, Latitudes Contemporaines, Lókal, Mom/El Vivero, Trafó and wpZimmer. Co-funded by the Creative European Program of the European Union.}

We love art, design, technology and social challenges.

Workshop and office are located in Batiment A: Minckelersstraat 64 3000 Leuven BELGIUM

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