Galerie Anna Probst is pleased to present an exhibition on the theme of TEXTILE next spring in collaboration with the voluntary arts and culture association artburst berlin e.V. In this context, we would like to draw your attention to the open call, to which artists can apply with their textile works and performances.
Excerpt from the open call:
Memories woven into fabric; identities rendered legible in the stitches: Textiles are a means of expression, be it through their use (e.g. as clothing) or as products of distinct, often tradition-laden manufacturing practices. Working with textiles—from knitting to needlework, from tufting over embroidery to felting— has historically been regarded as a predominately female field of labor. As such, even at the progressive Bauhaus school of arts and craft, female students were entirely confined to the weaving workshop—the ‘women’s class,’ as it was commonly referred to; during the Gorta Mór, Britain’s starvation of Ireland in the 19th century, Irish women produced crochet and needle lace for export to ensure their families’ survival; and Marx describes in book one of his canonical Das Kapital the transition from the ‘modern domestic industry’ to the exploitation of women and young girls in textile factories—precursors to present-day sweatshops in so-called developing countries. Meanwhile, textiles can signify regional or kin affiliation and belonging, as is the case with Palestinian Tatreez (traditional embroidery), kilts/fèileadh, or Tracht and other forms of traditional attire. Behind this lie semiotically and technologically complex codification systems. Similarly, today’s binary computer programming traces back to punch cards developed for weaving machines, so-called Jacquard looms.
You can apply until Tuesday, December 8, 2026.
For further information about the association and how to apply, please visit the artburst berlin website, or click here.
