The Exploration
What stories do we choose to tell and how can textiles become gentle artful
translators between worlds?
Our Challenge
How would dino soft sculptures move and what would they say if we give them a
voice? “Sewing is “a continuous battle that never stops but offers rewards in
the end.” The art and doing of sewing is the art of resilience, of coolness
or“Sisu”.
The Invitation
In a world of climate change and shifting baseline, we work with tactile materials that represent fraying elements of our life and world. Through fabric, we tell past stories, which otherwise might be lost or frozen. Our conscious experimentation will translate into meaningful fabric compositions that allow the exploration of “old problems” with fresh eyes. Our process is messy, spring-boarding iterations of ideas, leading to collective meaningful making. The Goal: Participants will design a series of story-based textile pieces, layering upcycled materials and embroidery, going beyond the surface of “habitual doing and thinking”. The resultant, meaningful soft sculpture installation will involve collective sewing, drawing, mindfulness, and movement.