About
Aesthetic experience, anthropological, political and artistic recorded through the experiences and researches of the designer Thaís Muniz.
Thaís Muniz is an artist and designer, who lives between Brazil and Europe, searching and sharing the aspects of Afro-Atlântic culture from the plurality of the turbans and head wraps, and it´s place on art, politics and aesthetics. Muniz started the project on 2012 and in the last 6 years she has been carrying a research that conects history, meanings and resignification of the head wraps on the Afro-Atlantic diaspora.
What We Do
Workshops
This workshop starts with a lecture where Thaís Muniz explores the complex history of the turbans and head wraps in the Afro-Atlantic diaspora from ancient to contemporary times. With scarves in hand, investing in the practical method of DIY, the classes learn various method of wrapping and binding turbans
Events
From festivals to museums, Turbante-se brings history and activies for different events around the world.
Urban Intervention
Series of street performances aiming to resignify the personalities of statues and public monuments around the world
Special Projects
Believing in the power of beauty and aiming to offer a path for women undergoing cancer treatment to find their strength again
Tutorials
Learn how to do amazing turbans and headwraps step by step
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É impossível desassociar o uso dos turbantes no Brasil às religiões de matriz africana.