Custom-built, processual loom installation. Wood, yarn, nails, various weaving materials (algae, torn cloth, food waste dyed cloth, beach findings); various dimensions;
as part of the artist collective Traces.

Den Grænseløse Festival, Havmøllen, Mols/Denmark, August 12-14 2022


With the recently formed experimental and experiencial joint platform Traces, we created a loom environment (wood, nails, warp yarn; variable dimensions) for co-creation. Weaving together stories and traces of participants and of material gathered in situ and in the surrounding area (surplus cloth from eco-socially aware furniture producer in Ebeltoft; collective kitchen food waste from the festival for textile dying; flotsam plastics and algae from the beach), the installation morphed and moved in course of the festival, with participants often returning during to continue their contributions, and to meet and exchange with oneanother.


Press release:

People of all ages were be invited to dye fabrics out of food waste, weave together, collect materials, converse, and morph the collaborative space into a structure one can stay inside or in-between. A space created through a collaborative weaving process, interlacing locally sourced algae, food waste, dyed textile fragments, and other elements found in the surroundings.
Relating to the theme of the festival - on borders and boundaries - instead of defining borders we are interested in creating permeable spaces, focusing on transitional processes and dialogue. Challenging ourselves to give up on ideas of authorship and productivity to create a temporary space that changes with the wind, the sun and the people who interact with it.

Traces is a Berlin-based loosely woven collective consisting of Carolin Seeliger, Kathrin Köster, Lee Stevens, Marei Löllmann & Daniel Kupferberg



see also:
Gesellschaftsgalaxien bekommen Gesellschaft [with Kathrin Köster]
Fruit Processor [with Kathrin Köster]
The Dancing Volcanoes [with Mondrian Fan Club]