Workshops — Oct 12, 2024

On the second day of the The Thread Weaves the World symposium, Claire Zandvliet will host a workshop centered on her ‘Soft Cities’ project. Visitors are invited to contribute to the interactive, traveling quilt.

Price
Free
Location
Entrance Hall
Time
Oct 12, 11 am until 4 pm
Main language
English and Dutch
Admission
No reservation needed

Claire Zandvliet (@naaiclubnoord) is an artist with a passion for all things soft. Her project ‘Soft Cities’ is an interactive traveling quilt. Together with visitors Claire is shaping this gigantic blanket into the soft city of their collective dreams. By cutting, pasting and embroidering we create a place together where we feel at home. You are invited to add what you think the city needs. 

‘Soft Cities’ was on display at Podium Sleutelwoord (2023), OOK huis (2023) and TROEF Leiden (2024).

This workshop is publicly accessible, and no prior experience is needed. The workshop will be hosted between 11.00 - 16.00 and visitors can join any time.  

This event is part of the two-day symposium Unravel: The Thread Weaves the World, for more information on the full program see here. 

Photo of Claire Zandvliet
Claire Zandvliet, 'Soft Cities', courtesy of the artist

In the context of the Unravel exhibition, the Stedelijk will organize the The Thread Weaves the World symposium. Delving into two principal themes of the exhibition: Borderlands and Ancestral Threads, the symposium offers a more profound exploration and innovative perspectives on these topics. The artists featured in the Borderlands section interrogate how borderlands can serve as sites of significant creativity, subvert the language and aesthetics of borders, and transcend them. Ancestral Threads centers on the reclamation of ancestral knowledge by artists from diverse backgrounds. By critiquing colonially imposed ways of being—including imposed borders, notions of identity, and the devaluation of certain types of knowledge—the symposium will evoke journeys through both space and time.