Based in her Arnhem studio, Sophie Roumans’ garments seamlessly merge precise tailoring with conceptual design. Beyond mere aesthetics, they serve as a commentary on society, providing a critical perspective while featuring sustainable, locally crafted pieces that navigate the delicate equilibrium between art and fashion.
WEEF.collective is formed by the artistic duo Lieve Fikkers & Hélène Vrijdag who create durational weaving performances and textile installations inspired by mythology, ecofeminism and rave sets. Their practice is a celebration of transdisciplinary art, bundling their different expertise. Lieve is a visual artist and productional girlboss, Hélène is a musician and academic in Gender Studies. Their art is a radical reaction to fast fashion, with a dream to become a zero waste textile performance organization. Their performances are connecting to the question: What the hell does it mean to weave as a feminist in the 21st century?
Atelier of Transience is a small exhibition of an artistic research surrounding the life and death of textiles. Atelier of Transience is a project about transience and decay in wearable textiles, motivated by the global problems of fast fashion. What if clothes wanted to die? What if they wanted to disappear from the planet instead of ending up as waste? How can we de-zombify clothes, and help them decompose? The aesthetic properties of rot and fungus made the time of decay visible in the garments. Atelier of Transience became a mixed media exhibition combining fashion, fungi, soil, dirt, performance, video and music.