Textile production, usually made by women*, has a long history of producing hidden narratives and using symbols in many different cultures. Today, textile work and production are often used in the arts to express topics of representation, silenced voices, and as a form of empowerment. Our clothes, the textiles that we wear or use in our everyday life, or those that we have received from those who came before us, carry stories and histories. The way that people are perceived and the way that we are conveying some aspects of our identities are also often being expressed by what we wear, and thus become a performative action.

In this workshop, we will investigate ways of finding our own voice in a collective work, while looking back into our her/history in an attempt to find our personal but also collective narratives and storytelling and to define representative symbols by creating our own work.

The form of the work will not necessarily be learning techniques and becoming professional but an exchange between all participants and a tool learning of how to connect the past to the present, how to tell a story through the creative work of fiber art, and how to perform our hybrid identities.

Participants are asked to bring some personal textiles, clothing items, and photographs that should be (digitally) sent in advance. The rest will be supplied as part of the workshop.