5ème édition de la biennale Objet Textile,

The Manufacture, organizes the 5th edition of the Objet Textilel biennial

The biennial offers visitors an encounter with contemporary textile creation in all its richness and diversity.
Each selected artist has the same defined space to present an existing work or one produced for the occasion and thus share their unique universe with the public.

The Objet Textile biennial is open to all designers, artists, artisans and textile creators, regardless of their preferred medium or technique.
The biennial exhibition will take place throughout the museum.

The Manufacture will provide individual cubic modules with dimensions of 2,5 x 2 m x 2 m, or 10 m3

The staging is entrusted to the artist.

A minimum exhibition fee of 200 euros including tax is paid to the artists after the inauguration.
Additional expenses may be considered upon request and presentation of supporting documents.

The theme of this new edition is Matière Matters.

Textiles are constantly evolving. Engineers, artists, designers, and artisans are constantly developing, experimenting, and testing new materials or redeveloping ancestral natural materials.

With the aim of creating in a reasonable and sustainable way, textiles are reinventing themselves, between returning to their roots and innovations, between organic materials and technical fabrics, between flexible textiles and rigid textiles, many materials create today's textiles.

This theme allows the public to discover the infinite applications of materials in textiles: natural or organic fibers, synthetic fibers, as well as possibly fibers made from earth, glass, iron, etc., and thus offers a panorama of contemporary textile creation.
The consideration of the theme will be assessed in the files.

PRICE

The application files will be submitted to a jury of professionals who will select 25 files.
Among these applications, 4 winners will be recognized and awarded one of these 4 prizes:

• The Manufacture Prize, Roubaix (F):
  A monographic exhibition or presentation in the temporary space in 2027, subject to sufficient production by the creator, for 3 months.
• The Lieux-Communs prize, Namur (B):
  A monographic exhibition in 2026 at the Pavillon Fourmarier (Chaudfontaine) for 3 months.
• The TAMAT prize, Tournai (B):
  A monographic exhibition, subject to sufficient production by the creator, or in the form of Carte Blanche (selection of a few works) in dialogue with the permanent exhibition, for 3 months in 2026 or 2027.
• The Texture Prize, Kortrijk (B) :
  A monographic exhibition, subject to sufficient production by the creator, or in the form of Carte Blanche (selection of a few works) in dialogue with the permanent exhibition, for 3 months in 2026 or 2027.