COLLECTIVE PATTERNS: Closing Workshop

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Closing Workshop: Sunday, 26.01.2025, 3–5 PM

Can designed textiles be read like a text? At the end of the 8-week workshop, we will “read” the shapes and patterns left on the fabrics together. Over punch and biscuits, participants are invited to write short texts in response, translating, expanding, or crossing over the Display created in the workshop. Small textile notations will emerge from the collectively invented stories, which we will share with each other. 

With: 

Nadin Reschke, Artist 

Nadin Reschke has been working with textiles for many years, using fabric as a sculptural material that carries collective history, identity, and personal experiences. She designs processes that bring people together, spark dialogue, and create spaces for social action. 

www.nadinreschke.de 

Annika Niemann is an art mediator, curator for outreach and cultural agent for creative schools. She creates collaborative, experience-based projects that connect art institutions, educational centres, and public spaces, encouraging dialogue, shifting perspectives, and reimagining ideas.

www.annikaniemann.de 

COLLECTIVE PATTERNS
A Textile and Form Workshop
As part of the exhibition Display. Sara Ouhaddou
ifa Gallery Berlin
20.11.2024 – 02.02.2025
 
How can craft, art and design engage in dialogue, inspire each other, and grow together? In Display, artist and designer Sara Ouhaddou explores the processes behind her many years of collaboration with craftspeople in Marrakech. As an extension and activation of the exhibition, the ifa Gallery Berlin invites you to an open textile workshop for 8 weeks. This workshop provides space to translate your own patterns and design ideas, inspired by fragments from the exhibition, into a personal "alphabet of forms". Allowing you to experiment with fabrics, application techniques, and embroidery, ultimately contributing to a collective textile artwork.

The workshop welcomes participants of all ages—families, enthusiasts, or textile lovers—and is free to attend during the regular opening hours of the ifa Gallery Berlin. No prior experience is needed!
 
Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 2–6 PM | Thursday, 2–8 PM