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Creative DNA: Africa Installation & Residency program 


Supported by The British Arts Council x Fashion Scout
​During Paris Fashion Week

London, England

VISUALS captured for WOOOOHOOOO ZINE
The Team:
Editors in Chief: Billie & Martyn Roberts of Fashion Scout
Features Editor: Helen Jennings of Nataal Media 
Graphic Designer: Rebecca Thomas & Becky Design
Creative Director/Photographer: Bevan Agyeman
Stylist: Yves Alawe
Hair: Diego Miranda & Unite Hair
Make-Up: AOFMPro Using Dermalogica
Models: Bella Bol, Tsau, Anita, Mariam
PR: I.Dea PR

An exciting new cultural which saw seven designers from across Sub-Saharan Africa travel to UK for a London Fashion Week residency in Feb 2023. This was the result of cross-cultural projects spanning the past three years. The program is focused on promoting alternative and innovative approaches to the global fashion system with the ambition of demonstrating that the fashion sector in Africa is a professional choice for young people and a valuable contributor to the creative economy.
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A Special thanks to:
East African Arts, British Arts, Fashion Scout, British Council Senegal, Hell Yea Events, Half Of A Roast Chicken, Ellen Rock Studio

The Web3 Origin Story
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SPIN by Lablaco
​@ 
Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysées
4 — 26 January 2023, Paris, France

Material developed by Renewcell
Design Development & Handcraft by Haus of Stone
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The three-part meta retail exhibition invites guests to learn about the sustainable applications of Web3 digitization and face the reality of fashion waste head-on. The curation features a range of wearable NFTs and physical items from couture to accessories, all available to purchase in a zero-waste environment incubated by CFS HUB.
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Exodus
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State of Fashion Biennale: Ways of Caring 2022 (4 Jun - 10 July) at De Eusebiuskerk, Arnhem, Netherlands

created by Danayi Madondo
Co- curated by Not Enough Collective 

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An exhibit of partially finished experimental macrame garments that highlights the beauty of the intuitive process and the exploration of natural hand-dying techniques and handcraft arts as a form of sacred practice and creative therapy. The installation is open to all and is a safe space for people to explore their creativity and connect with others.

Mugadheni maUriel
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Lablaco's Circular Fashion Summit - CFS - Impact Design Hub (October 2020), Paris Fashion Week

​concept development & edit by Danayi Madondo
videography by Masimba Madondo & Kombo Chapfika
music composition by Aneunhu Gwatidzo
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Mugadheni maUriel, a short fashion film by Danayi Madondo, premiered at the Circular Fashion Summit (CFS) as part of her presentation. Madondo is one of 10 BIPOC designers from across 4 continents selected to exhibit under the Impact Design Hub, a curated selection of 10 international innovators who are accelerating digitization and the circular economy of fashion. The Impact Design Hub showcases collections that respect the four Impact Design principles and innovations in materials, process, people, and planet.

A Therapy of Fashion
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Fashion Open Studio x Fashion Revolution Week (2020)

co-created by Danayi Madondo of Haus Of Stone x Tendai Angela & Guylellujah x Nyakasikana
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coordinated by Fashion Revolution Zimbabwe's country coordinator Rudo Nondo
videography & edits by Alexandra Flemmings
music by Godknows Garande
The Therapy of Fashion: One Garment, Many Hands, a project by Haus of Stone and Tendai-Angela Rokkones, explored the therapeutic benefits of craftsmanship, creative expression, and emotional release through fashion. The project was part of Fashion Open Studio Zimbabwe's 2020 creatives presentation, spearheaded by Fashion Revolution Zimbabwe.

EXHIBITIONS
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2023 Creative DNA: Africa Installation & Residency program by the British Council x Fashion Scout @ Protein Studios (London, UK)

2023 The Web3 Origin Story SPIN by Lablaco @ Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysees(Paris, France)


2022 State Of Fashion | Ways of Caring Biennale - 'Does it have an end?' (Co-creation) & Exodus (Solo) Exhibition (Arnhem, Netherlands)

2021 UNDP Campaign - Beyond the Now: Re-imagining Society (Virtual, Harare, Zimbabwe)
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2019 AfroUrban Collaborative Exhibition (Melbourne, Australia)
SCREENINGS
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2023 Fashion Film Festival Milano - Exodus: A Journey to new worlds (Milan, Italy)

2022 European Film Festival Zimbabwe – Exodus: A Journey to new worlds (Harare, Zimbabwe)

2022 Fashion Clash Festival – Exodus: A Journey to new worlds
(Arnhem, Netherlands)


2020 Circular Fashion Summit by Lablaco – Mugadheni: maUriel
(Virtual, Paris, France)
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2020 Fashion Open Studio – A Therapy of Fashion Documentary
​(Virtual, London, England)
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