We were hosted by Jerome Maeckelbergh and his wife Christa in their 17th century home in a quiet cul de sac in downtown Antwerp, near to the Fashion District.
There were representatives from:
Belgium: Rita Geerts, Pascaline Van Heddegem, Chris van Goethem (Scenofest)
Canada: Marcia Scott
Denmark: Lisse Klitten
Israel: Tali Itzahki
Netherlands: Henk van der Geest (Sound Working Group)
Netherlands: Tina Mathulessy
Slovenia: Marija Gorjanc
Sweden: Sunniva Thelestam
Turkey: Canan Goknil
United Kingdom: Hilary Baxter
USA: Alexandra Bonds, Gweneth West, Loyce Arthur,
Laura Crow - Head
Regrets:
Korea: In-Suk Suh
Czech Republic: Simona Rybakova
Cuba: Maria Luisa Bernal Figueredo, José Antonio Prades Hung.
Bulgaria: Marina Raytchinova
Finland: Reija Hirvikoski
Hong Kong: Shybil Yuen Yuk Ying.
Japan: Kazue Hatano.
Hungary: Erzsebeth Ek.
Philippines: Rolando Meriales de Leon, Joy Rago.
Russia: Inna Mizroyan.
Serbia and Montenegro: Miodrag Tabacki.
United Kingdom: Megan Baker. Donatella Barbieri
USA: Marianne Custer, Benny Gomes, Susan Tsu, Nicolae Ularu.
Symposium Presenters:
• Tali Itzhaki , Israel :“Ways of Unseeing: Fashion as Political Theatre”
• Laura Crow , USA :“Fashion from Found Objects / Prague 2003”
• Gweneth West , USA and Rita Geerts, Belgium :“Costume Designers and Fashion Designers:Rien Bekkers, Kaat Tilley & Anita Evenepoel”
• Alexandra Bonds, USA :“ Peking Opera Costumes: Research and the Designer”
• Sunniva Thelestam , Sweden :“Fashination: Fashion as Art”
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