The city of Düsseldorf supported our project with funding from the cultural office for the workshops and the economic development agency gave us an exhibition space for the Fashion Days. With the help of Diakonie Düsseldorf and the cooperation of many other people, we...
Irene’s project felt completely different and completely right to me from the first moment. Everything I had done so far in terms of jobs was not comparable – and everything I had experienced so far professionally, artistically and privately was...
Starting a new project is a bit like planning a trip – you prepare for a long time, decide on a direction to go, choose your companions and pack your suitcases. For this project, the suitcases contained sewing machines, fabrics, yarns, paints, brushes and...
The pandemic is over and finally workshops can take place.From the beginning, Textile Touches was planned to bring together people with very different experiences and from very different backgrounds in shared workshop spaces. Meeting the other while working creatively...
Because I receive an endless supply of office shirts at no cost, I began wondering what I could do with them. One woman in Moria explained to me that black clothes are particularly helpful while fleeing to safety, since you can hide better by night. The form was...
It wasn’t until I got to Lesbos that I became clear that the refugee situation on the Greek islands presented ecological challenges as well. Many of the tools they used to flee were abandoned on the shores. NGOs try to help through beach cleaning campaigns. In the...
