Sharjah Architecture Triennale
The fabric's delicacy contrast with the raw monumental essence of the unfinished structure and mitigates the site's grand scale, enabling engagement between the fabric and the human body. In collaboration with architect Anne-lise Agossa and Rym Beydoun, the installltion depicted on the left offers a reflective exploration of the prevalence of unfinished architecture spanning from West Africa to the Middle East.
Rooted in research from the Sharjah installations, one work became a key catalyst for the final look of Timisola’s graduate collection at Central Saint Martins. The design draws on brutalist raw architectural language intersecting with suspended textile structures. Migration becomes central to the concept, expressed through the creation of a sail on the body — a form that speaks to movement, displacement, and transition at scale.
Rooted in research from the Sharjah installations, one work became a key catalyst for the final look of Timisola’s graduate collection at Central Saint Martins. The design draws on brutalist raw architectural language intersecting with suspended textile structures. Migration becomes central to the concept, expressed through the creation of a sail on the body — a form that speaks to movement, displacement, and transition at scale.
THE ART OF ANCESTRAL CRAFT
The premise of her work surrounds itself around textiles and cutting techniques that intersects the principles of bespoke menswear and fluidity of traditional Nigerian textile. She works with material through spiritual and traditional practice, particularly with dyeing processes, and experimenting with unorthodox materials such as African brooms from her childhood, broken bamboo that she remembers from her time on her dad’s farm back in Nigeria and the treatment of leather and waxed materials. She experiments with distortion and wearability to create pieces that challenge the comfortability of menswear through the use of fabrication. By working with sculpture, photography, sound, and film to influence her designs, Timisola has allowed herself to express her thoughts on critical race issues and the dynamisms of being an African migrant sharing her black experience. Timisola aims to bridge a gap between these fields in order to create authentic stories told through her perspective.
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