Halfway Point
Group Show
C3 Studios, Rotterdam
Collective Textile Storytelling workshop
In collaboration with Caoimhe Fitzsimmons, participants were invited into a space of making and storytelling, drawing on Celtic mythology as a point of entry and connection. Working collectively, we worked to translate fragments of myth gathered from archival texts and books into a series of small textile pieces that come together into a chaotic 2D hanging. Together we rummaged through Irish mythology, and buckets of vibrant scrap materials to respond intuitively through fabric, stitch, and composition, contributing to an evolving, non-linear narrative.
Through conversation about circular and non-hierarchical storytelling, the workshop attempted to reflect how oral traditions are layered, repetitive, and open to interpretation, and can be reimagined through textile practices. There was CHAOTIC cutting, dismantling, rearranging and embellishing as our reinterpretations of mythology created another rendition of these stories, combining them in new ways, and playing with their structures. We used ssewing machines, and techniques like dry felting, applique and embroidery, but rather than focusing on technical textile mastery, the emphasis was on collective authorship, where multiple voices and perspectives intertwine to form a richly textured, communal tapestry of sorts.
