SCHMERZ

SCHMERZ

 

PAIN is just a feeling

Alice Fassina

 

'The first true storyteller is, and will continue to be, the teller of fairy tales. ... always the art of repeating stories, and this art is lost when the stories are no longer retained' Walter Benjamin

From 21 to 22 February, eight performers spent 24 hours digging through a textonic landscape of 45 m³ of old clothes from planetary dwellers.

Their own bodies were wrapped and deformed by new and old, used or even still labelled pieces, whose value was already decaying in the hours of the creation & production process under the hands of the sewers. The prospectors infiltrated dunes of down jackets, excavated pits and penetrated the penetrating the innermost of materiality. No safe footing was possible. From the pile of clothes, they gazed out on the discarded landscape of Anthropozaen.
What stories and thoughts did they uncover? What can be explored, read and told of the discarded clothing that is contemporary civilisational history.

On 27 February, we invited chroniclers and word-finders to write down their thoughts on the textonic landscape of the BHROX bauhaus reuse as poems, essays, novellas or notes. We publish the texts in loose series.

Mit Lumpen dekolonisieren

Mit Lumpen dekolonisieren

Barbara Caveng thematisiert in ihrer Kunst die Modeindustrie. Im kleinsten Waschsalon Berlins arbeitet sie mit Stücken von der Straße.

Julia Hubernagel schreibt in der TAZ  über STREETWARE
Der Beitrag erschien am 24.3.2021 und ist weiterhin hier nachzulesen…
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OPEN CALL –  Wort- & Bild Beiträge zur Textilen Forensik

OPEN CALL – Wort- & Bild Beiträge zur Textilen Forensik

OPEN CALL

We look forward to receiving submissions in the form of both text and picture or drawings from poets and chroniclers who retrace their own lives – from people who enjoy writing and would like to publish their thoughts on a piece of clothing or their textile observations on our website.

From nappies to shroud –

Clothes accompany us through all stages of life – they characterise those who wear them as trendsetters or fashionistas, as individualists or mainstream enthusiasts. They embellish the everyday and celebrate the extraordinary, they camouflage and construct an image.

Fabric sheaths caress the body and dress our ideas. Hipsters watch the world out of their skinny jeans through heavy glasses. Black turtlenecks, once worn by eagerly debating existentialists, have become the favourite garment of turbo-capitalists, while hoodies are considered a textile statement of anti-fascist ideology. The yawning attitude gap between Kik and Organic Textile could hardly be more blatant.

A towel turban draped over wet hair after a bath is nowadays interpreted as a sign of cultural appropriation.

Clothing protects us from nudity and reveals the Self -
Perception lures the audience into a trap – off to collect more votes in a cardigan, are you?

Bohemian, business, boho, casual, cargo, cocktail, ethno, elegant, hippie, festive or folkloric – the new sporty-urban look boosts our self-image amid a pandemic-induced paralysis. The sofa obstacle course is thus best mastered in a pair of elasticated jersey trousers. A satined influencer on Instagram, Narcissus claims social authority over depressed mindsets.

Sweat, perfume, bodily fluids: Fabrics store emotions. A t-shirt smells of love, a sweater of lost aspirations vanished with the smoke of a cigarette.

Clothes are the fabric history is made of.

We invite you to freely choose the literary format of your submission. The texts will be published at fabric sample  . Feel free to send a drawing or a photo of the described garment to

waschsalon@streetware-saved-item.net

barbara caveng | Alice Fassina | Mareen Butter

 

Free Yourself

Free Yourself

 

Free Yourself

Kiko

 

My name is Kiko. I am an ethical model, consciously working with ethical and sustainable brands who are making the world a better place. https://kiko.book.fr/ I support fashion that’s kind to our planet, people and animals. And I believe even a model can be a voice for positive change. I‘ve also founded an ethical model agency called Ethical Models to connect sustainable brands with models who share their values so that they can work together and make a bigger impact!

Regarding my art, I have some words to say - I picked up a colourful scarf and I am planning to use it to free and be myself. In life, there are many expectations from society or your family but at the end of the day, you have to choose to be yourself and do what makes you happy. I also feel like the scarf came from someone who prioritizes her sense of self. It is time to break free from expectations and free yourself.

übersetzt aus dem Englischen von barbara caveng

'The first true storyteller is, and will continue to be, the teller of fairy tales. ... always the art of repeating stories, and this art is lost when the stories are no longer retained' Walter Benjamin

From 21 to 22 February, eight performers spent 24 hours digging through a textonic landscape of 45 m³ of old clothes from planetary dwellers.

Their own bodies were wrapped and deformed by new and old, used or even still labelled pieces, whose value was already decaying in the hours of the creation & production process under the hands of the sewers. The prospectors infiltrated dunes of down jackets, excavated pits and penetrated the penetrating the innermost of materiality. No safe footing was possible. From the pile of clothes, they gazed out on the discarded landscape of Anthropozaen.
What stories and thoughts did they uncover? What can be explored, read and told of the discarded clothing that is contemporary civilisational history.

On 27 February, we invited chroniclers and word-finders to write down their thoughts on the textonic landscape of the BHROX bauhaus reuse as poems, essays, novellas or notes. We publish the texts in loose series.
Kiko nahm daran während einer Pause innerhalb eines Fotoshootings teil.

Pullover

Pullover

 

Pullover

Paolo Gallo 

 

Quanti corpi avrai scaldato e quanti ne avrai abbracciati e magari quanti hanno pianto su di te? O ti hanno odorato per sentire di qualcun’altro.
Un viaggio lungo ti ha portato a me per coincidenze o per destino e per quanto staremo insieme? Ti stringerai quando ingrasseró e per non buttarti ti donerò a qualcun’altro per continuare il tuo lavoro, scaldare le persone..

Paolo Gallo

'I was born in Italy and live in Berlin.
I am a self taught photographer,
I'm fascinated by the everyday situations, I observe my surroundings in search of inspiration and experimentation.

'The first true storyteller is, and will continue to be, the teller of fairy tales. ... always the art of repeating stories, and this art is lost when the stories are no longer retained' Walter Benjamin

From 21 to 22 February, eight performers spent 24 hours digging through a textonic landscape of 45 m³ of old clothes from planetary dwellers. Paolo accompanied them photographically on the clothes heap.

Their own bodies were wrapped and deformed by new and old, used or even still labelled pieces, whose value was already decaying in the hours of the creation & production process under the hands of the sewers. The prospectors infiltrated dunes of down jackets, excavated pits and penetrated the penetrating the innermost of materiality. No safe footing was possible. From the pile of clothes, they gazed out on the discarded landscape of Anthropozaen.
What stories and thoughts did they uncover? What can be explored, read and told of the discarded clothing that is contemporary civilisational history.

On 27 February, we invited chroniclers and word-finders to write down their thoughts on the textonic landscape of the BHROX bauhaus reuse als as poems, essays, novellas and notes. We publish the texts in a loose series.

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