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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2026 season. This season is now over.

Braided sculptural headpiece made of black synthetic and human-hair blend rises in geometric arcs against a matte red background, elegantly worn by Joanne in a black off-shoulder top gazes forward with calm strength. Traditional film photography by 'Black is Beautiful' legend, Kwame Brathwaite.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

BRAIDWOMAN™ · a JoGoesWest Studios production

From the hands of Joanne Petit-Frère and her studio moniker, JoGoesWest comes BRAIDWOMAN ... 

Private virtual screening of BRAIDWOMAN™ - Activation II - introducing Braided Sanctuaries™
Runtime: 33 minutes
Access: Password-protected screening page
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Presented by: Joanne Petit-Frere

JoGoesWest Studios, founded by multidisciplinary artist Joanne Petit-Frère, is a research-based art and design house exploring braiding as a sculptural, cinematic, and spiritual language. Through handcrafted synthetic-fiber architectures, performance, and film, the studio examines diasporic design systems linking beauty, labor, and lineage. Each work functions as a living archive—where material research, ancestral practice, and speculative design meet. JoGoesWest activates the braid as both structure and story, re-defining craft as a site of continuity, sovereignty, and imagination.
Film and Digital • Craft
United States • World Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: G
Family friendly: Yes
Target audience: Babies (0-1) | Toddlers (2-3) | Kindergarten (4) | Junior Primary (5-7) | Primary (8-11) | Middle School (12-14) | High School (15-17)
Strobe Lighting

Accessibility

 
High audio content
 
High visual content
 
Suitable for audiences who may not have a comprehensive understanding of the English language

Presenter

Presented by: Joanne Petit-Frere

JoGoesWest Studios, founded by multidisciplinary artist Joanne Petit-Frère, is a research-based art and design house exploring braiding as a sculptural, cinematic, and spiritual language. Through handcrafted synthetic-fiber architectures, performance, and film, the studio examines diasporic design systems linking beauty, labor, and lineage. Each work functions as a living archive—where material research, ancestral practice, and speculative design meet. JoGoesWest activates the braid as both structure and story, re-defining craft as a site of continuity, sovereignty, and imagination.