Since 2018 the non-profit association ITINERANCE unites a community of artisans and changemakers in the Mediterranean.
Launched by Caroline Perdrix and Alexia Tronel, it’s an artistic project with a social impact.
ITINÉRANCE aims to reintegrate the craft industry in the production of ready to wear brands to support women's communities, help fashion become more responsible and safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the Mediterranean region.
ITINÉRANCE highlights textile expertise through co-created clothing editions and documentation of this creative research process (photos, videos, podcasts). It's a transmission project that takes time to build strong relationships.
2 éditions déjà réalisées: à Guermessa, Tunisie et Tinos, île grecque.
Our mission
Strengthen the income
of artisans
ITINÉRANCE generates a remunerative supplement for artisans. The remuneration of the craftswomen is fixed at 1.5 or 2 times their usual average income. The aim is to make these new activities as sustainable as possible.
Support local
communities
ITINÉRANCE supports crafts of women within targeted communities with limited access to infrastructure and few ressources: ethnic minorities, refugees, elderly people, etc. Each edition offers an introduction to professional life for these targeted communities and directly benefits their families.
Participate in the
safeguarding
of the intangible heritage
Intangible cultural heritage is a key factor in maintaining diversity. ITINÉRANCE collects through different media (video, photography, podcast) testimonies, rites, traditions, know-how and domestic arts around the Mediterranean.
Promote
Mediterranean crafts
ITINERANCE promotes local know-how. Each clothing edition features locally sourced suppliers and open access mapping for all. Our artisans are part of the Artisan Guild from Build Nest, a network of over 600 artisan entreprises with a footprint in more than 100 countries. Through the Guild, members receive grassroots business capacity building resources via Nest's digital programming.
Why the Mediterranean ?
The Mediterranean is a strategic crossroads for the textile industry. At the heart of these cross-border trades, we find the textile suppliers of the EU - Turkey (3rd), Morocco (8th), Tunisia (9th), Egypt(16th), Albania (17th) - and the main European sponsors - France, Italy and Spain.*
The diversity of traditional crafts in these countries is declining, replaced by industrial standards with a strong environmental and social impact. However, the craftsmen are true passers of memory. Unable to develop a viable economic model, some do not have enough orders and incredible know-how disappears. "More than 42 trades in the handicraft sector in Morocco are threatened due to "difficult conditions in which the craftsman practices"*
*source: ministre du tourisme, de l'artisanat, du transport, aérien et de l'économie sociale.
Our medias
Editions of clothing
Clothes are co-created in limited series with the craftswomen as a sample of their skills.
Videos
Like a travel diary, the video documents the context of the edition with an insight into the everyday life of the craftswomen. The participants give us their visions of clothing, their perceptions of women in their society, as well as their traditions and Mediterranean culture as a whole.
The podcast series
To understand the countless stories of the Mediterranean wardrobe, ITINÉRANCE proposes following the story of the pieces. and one stories of the Mediterranean wardrobe, What does a piece of clothing say about the person who made it or even sold it? Through these auditory portraits, we try to define our vision of fashion, its creative, environmental and human challenges.5 episodes of 5 to 8 minutes for each edition.
The photos
The photos document the entire production chain and the role of each player. We work with film camera.
The traveling exhibitions
Each edition is presented during a traveling exhibition (country of the edition and France) that is also immersive (performance, photo exhibition, video projection, podcast broadcast, talks and workshop with artisans). 2018 at the Benaki Museum in Greece in Athens, 2019 at the French Institute of Tunis in Tunisia.
Caroline Perdrix and Alexia Tronel
Since 2018 the non-profit association ITINERANCE unites a community of artisans and changemakers in the Mediterranean.
Launched by Caroline Perdrix and Alexia Tronel, it’s an artistic project with a social impact.
ITINÉRANCE aims to reintegrate the craft industry in the production of ready to wear brands to support women's communities, help fashion become more responsible and safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the Mediterranean region.
ITINÉRANCE highlights textile expertise through co-created clothing editions and documentation of this creative research process (photos, videos, podcasts). It's a transmission project that takes time to build strong relationships.
Our mission
Strengthen the income
of artisans
ITINÉRANCE generates a remunerative supplement for artisans. The remuneration of the craftswomen is fixed at 1.5 or 2 times their usual average income. The aim is to make these new activities as sustainable as possible.
Support local
communities
ITINÉRANCE supports crafts of women within targeted communities with limited access to infrastructure and few ressources: ethnic minorities, refugees, elderly people, etc. Each edition offers an introduction to professional life for these targeted communities and directly benefits their families.
Participate in the
safeguarding
of the intangible heritage
Intangible cultural heritage is a key factor in maintaining diversity. ITINÉRANCE collects through different media (video, photography, podcast) testimonies, rites, traditions, know-how and domestic arts around the Mediterranean.
Promote
Mediterranean crafts
ITINERANCE promotes local know-how. Each clothing edition features locally sourced suppliers and open access mapping for all. Our artisans are part of the Artisan Guild from Build Nest, a network of over 600 artisan entreprises with a footprint in more than 100 countries. Through the Guild, members receive grassroots business capacity building resources via Nest's digital programming.
Why the Mediterranean ?
The Mediterranean is a strategic crossroads for the textile industry. At the heart of these cross-border trades, we find the textile suppliers of the EU - Turkey (3rd), Morocco (8th), Tunisia (9th), Egypt(16th), Albania (17th) - and the main European sponsors - France, Italy and Spain.*
The diversity of traditional crafts in these countries is declining, replaced by industrial standards with a strong environmental and social impact. However, the craftsmen are true passers of memory. Unable to develop a viable economic model, some do not have enough orders and incredible know-how disappears. "More than 42 trades in the handicraft sector in Morocco are threatened due to "difficult conditions in which the craftsman practices"*
*source: ministre du tourisme, de l'artisanat, du transport, aérien et de l'économie sociale.
Our medias
Editions of clothing
Clothes are co-created in limited series with the craftswomen as a sample of their skills.
Videos
Like a travel diary, the video documents the context of the edition with an insight into the everyday life of the craftswomen. The participants give us their visions of clothing, their perceptions of women in their society, as well as their traditions and Mediterranean culture as a whole.
The podcast series
To understand the countless stories of the Mediterranean wardrobe, ITINÉRANCE proposes following the story of the pieces. and one stories of the Mediterranean wardrobe, What does a piece of clothing say about the person who made it or even sold it? Through these auditory portraits, we try to define our vision of fashion, its creative, environmental and human challenges.5 episodes of 5 to 8 minutes for each edition.
The photos
The photos document the entire production chain and the role of each player. We work with film camera.
The traveling exhibitions
Each edition is presented during a traveling exhibition (country of the edition and France) that is also immersive (performance, photo exhibition, video projection, podcast broadcast, talks and workshop with artisans). 2018 at the Benaki Museum in Greece in Athens, 2019 at the French Institute of Tunis in Tunisia.
Caroline Perdrix and Alexia Tronel
