ART CHAT: Rafiki + T-Michael
Artist Rafiki creates interdisciplinary artworks that move between photography and beadwork, textiles and text, using old and new memorabilia. Rafiki treats art-making as a practice of memory work, healing, and cultural analysis. T-Michael is a tailor, fashion designer and co-founder of the fashion brand Norweigian Rain as well as founder of the brand T-Michael. In his boutiques in Bergen, Oslo, Paris and Tokyo, he makes room for art by regularly holding exhibitions. He also runs T-YARD, a residency site in Bergen for writers and writers.