Practice Held in Common

29/08/2022

https://decorrespondent.nl/13692/op-deze-gelderse-akker-groeit-een-alternatief-voor-de-voortrazende-mode-industrie/5516064794856-a1a5ca0e

Om iets te veranderen aan de systeemrot in de mode-industrie moeten we af van de focus op geld en winst, ervoer modeontwerper Pascale Gatzen. Op een vlasakker nabij Arnhem onderzoekt ze met een team hoe zo’n alternatief model, waarbij het welzijn van mens en planeet vooropstaat, eruit kan zien.

07/07/2022

The Linen Project Exhibition
08 – 10 July 2022, this Friday to Sunday
Kortestraat 27, Arnhem
Open to visitors from 14:00 – 19:00 hours

The Linen Project shares its activities and their various outcomes so far during this presentation in Arnhem. Everyone is welcome!

The exhibition offers the opportunity to get acquainted with the Linnen Kavels, alongside material outcomes from the Shared Stewardship initiative, the Co-Design exchanges, and the explored industrial manufacturing process. Live demonstrations of hand-processing flax into linen will also take place. The team and participants of The Linen Project will be present to share their experiences.

Are you interested but unable to attend during the planned exhibition visiting hours? Please contact [email protected] and we will get in touch with you. See the link in bio for more information and to subscribe to their mailing list.

Photo of fibre yielded from the Shared Stewardship 2020 and 2021 flax harvests by Loes Schepens.

07/07/2022

The Linen Project Exhibition
08 – 10 July 2022, this Friday to Sunday
Kortestraat 27, Arnhem
Open to visitors from 14:00 – 19:00 hours

The Linen Project shares its activities and their various outcomes so far during this presentation in Arnhem. Everyone is welcome!

The exhibition offers the opportunity to get acquainted with the Linnen Kavels, alongside material outcomes from the Shared Stewardship initiative, the Co-Design exchanges, and the explored industrial manufacturing process. Live demonstrations of hand-processing flax into linen will also take place. The team and participants of The Linen Project will be present to share their experiences.

Are you interested but unable to attend during the planned exhibition visiting hours? Please contact [email protected] and we will get in touch with you. See the link in bio for more information and to subscribe to our mailing list for future activities.

Photo of the Shared Stewardship's 2021 flax harvest being brought in from the field by Rob Velker.

25/06/2022

Neeltje de Jong

“in my practice i explore the puzzle of my mind

i write when the words are overloading my head —-- i move when i need to get out of the construction of words —-- i work with my hands when i am longing for the safe and known —-- i follow my obsessions into every topic that excites me —-- i reflect, i analyze and i reflect some more

i spent a lot of time in my head

and then
when the time is just right
i gather the pieces to tell my story”

In her daily rhythm, Neeltje has been exploring different practices; florilegia, automatic writing, braiding and embodiment. She invites you to a workshop in which you will explore some of these practices together.

Friday 15:00 and 19:00 - sign up via the rozet website

The students of a Master Program Practice Held in Common will organize an exhibition from the 30th of June till the 3rd of July, 2022.

The exhibition will be a showcase of their final works, individual and collaborative projects as well as a shared space for interactive workshops and performances.

It is a public open event therefore anyone interested in visiting their exhibition is very welcome!

24/06/2022

Lawin Ramelinck

One asked the question who are you? and I wonder why, what do they seek to know? And what do I seek or need to share? Do I simply start by saying my name and follow up with my profession, and skills that I possess? I am Lawin Ramelinck and? Now what? What ‘’label’’ shall I give myself today? Perhaps, the artist who makes ‘’..?..’’garments and drawings, ‘’the artist who brings his imaginary world to life’’, creating a surrealistic reality of strange and unusual art,‘’ De kunstenaar’’, who revisits his dreams and nightmares through fashion and art, creating a dark enchanted atmosphere of gloomy tales, or just ‘’the strange artist, known for his dark, light, melancholic gloomy and mysterious style of artwork’’.

The students of a Master Program Practice Held in Common will organize an exhibition from the 30th of June till the 3rd of July, 2022.

The exhibition will be a showcase of their final works, individual and collaborative projects as well as a shared space for interactive workshops and performances.

It is a public open event therefore anyone interested in visiting their exhibition is very welcome!

23/06/2022

Borbála Csiszár

Who I am?
Bright Optimistic Renewing Imaginator -BORI

Borbála Csiszár is an interdisciplinary system designer from Transylvania, who focuses on solutions, mostly through various textile manipulations combining art and science and fashion. A catalyst: with the power of her imagination and with her orientation towards technical solutions she makes dreams become tangible.

I am here to inspire people.

With my work I wish to bring the subtle connections to the surface, ofering space for sensibility, sensing what happens around me and transforming that. Creating new aesthetics with awareness, combining functionality with the desire of reaching beauty.
Being deeply engaged with details. Details matter. They create depth, and depth creates authenticity. Highlighting the importance of hand crafting transforming the already existing materials into unexpected innovative artworks.

The students of a Master Program Practice Held in Common will organize an exhibition from the 30th of June till the 3rd of July, 2022.

The exhibition will be a showcase of their final works, individual and collaborative projects as well as a shared space for interactive workshops and performances.

It is a public open event therefore anyone interested in visiting their exhibition is very welcome!

21/06/2022

Nikkie Kemp .ik.kie

FORMLESS is a cyclical, looping movement and sound pattern crafted anew daily. It addresses surrender as a staying with, a choice and a commitment. Based upon a daily practice, the process takes returning to movement and seeks a soft yet assertive bodily presence that advocates for an ownership within the process. The movement works with an emergent soundscape created live and held within a fixed form. Performers share a mutual reciprocity, investigating a nuanced approach to agency as the movement and sound meet.

Credit for footage: Fenia Kotsopoulou and Daz Disley

The students of a Master Program Practice Held in Common will organize an exhibition from the 30th of June till the 3rd of July, 2022.

The exhibition will be a showcase of their final works, individual and collaborative projects as well as a shared space for interactive workshops and performances.

It is a public open event therefore anyone interested in visiting their exhibition is very welcome!

21/06/2022

Helen Cheng

Welcome to… DAPLACE! Being inspired by the ballroom and drag culture, it is a queendom👑 of glitz and glam✨, where you can fully express yourselves by slaying fashion together. It’s a combination of makeup💄, movement💃🏻, decorating💎, dressing up👗 & characters🎭. Nothing is more important than having fun and freedom! 💍💍💍👯‍
In this edition, DIVA KITCHEN, we are serving you a housediva eleganza with elements of food, fashion and of course, FUN. We will decorate (ourselves), make food before we have a moment of celebration.

Who?
People who want to explore the colorful side of fashion and community.
Adults Only, 6 available spots.
Language?
English.
When and Where?
2022/07/02 13:00-15:00 Rozet Historische Kelders
Registration / More info?
[email protected]

Can’t wait to see you there👯👫👬👭

The students of a Master Program Practice Held in Common will organize an exhibition from the 30th of June till the 3rd of July, 2022.

The exhibition will be a showcase of their final works, individual and collaborative projects as well as a shared space for interactive workshops and performances.

It is a public open event therefore anyone interested in visiting their exhibition is very welcome!

21/06/2022

Helen Cheng

Welcome to… DAPLACE! Being inspired by the ballroom and drag culture, it is a queendom👑 of glitz and glam✨, where you can fully express yourselves by slaying fashion together. It’s a combination of makeup💄, movement💃🏻, decorating💎, dressing up👗 & characters🎭. Nothing is more important than having fun and freedom! 💍💍💍👯‍
In this edition, DIVA KITCHEN, we are serving you a housediva eleganza with elements of food, fashion and of course, FUN. We will decorate (ourselves), make food before we have a moment of celebration.

Who?
People who want to explore the colorful side of fashion and community.
Adults Only, 6 available spots.
Language?
English.
When and Where?
2022/07/02 13:00-15:00 Rozet Historische Kelders
Registration / More info?
[email protected]

Can’t wait to see you there👯👫👬👭

14/06/2022

Individual and mutual works presented throughout the 2 years at Practice Held in Common

07/06/2022

this Friday! Join us.

Research track the Linen Project -
SAVE THE DATE! 25 05 2022 + 10 06 2022

Linnen Kavels pre-order and introduction days
(Dutch below)

In recent months, linen yarn produced from biodynamic flax locally grown by The Linen Project has been woven into linen textiles at local weaving mill Enschede Textielstad. With the sale of the Linnen Kavels, we are looking for enthusiastic and engaged citizens and producers who want to join us in committing to a generative and transparent textile value chain in the Netherlands.

During the pre-order and introduction days, potential partners and interested parties can take the textiles into their own hands and experience the qualities we offer. Orders can be placed from one to a maximum of 10 Linnen Kavels per order – one Linnen Kavel consists of five running metres of fabric. We will share insight into the different processes behind the project and the realisation of the textiles.

Linnen Kavels is an initiative of The Linen Project in partnership with Enschede Textielstad. More information can be found in the bio of _@thelinenproject

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Linnen Kavels voorverkoop- en kennismakingsdagen

De afgelopen maanden werd lokaal geteeld biologisch dynamisch vlas van The Linen Project tot linnen geweven bij Enschede Textielstad. Met de verkoop van de Linnen Kavels zijn we op zoek naar enthousiaste, betrokken burgers en bedrijven die zich met ons willen engageren voor een generatieve en transparante textiel waardeketen in Nederland.

Tijdens deze voorverkoop- en kennismakingsdagen kunnen potentiële partners en geïnteresseerden het textiel ter hand nemen en de kwaliteiten die we aanbieden ervaren. Bestellen kan al vanaf 1 tot maximaal 10 Linnen Kavels per order – een Linnen Kavel telt 5 strekkende meter doek. We vertellen daarbij meer over de verschillende processen die ten grondslag liggen aan het project en het tot stand komen van het textiel.

Linnen Kavels is een partnership tussen The Linen Project en Enschede Textielstad. Meer informatie is te vinden in de bio van

Image: Rob Velker

01/06/2022

Research track the Linen Project
Recently a lot has happened in the Linen Project. Last month the flax field at Netherlands Open Air Museum was seeded, according to tradition, exactly 100 days after the new year. This year the heirloom flax varieties Fries Witbloei, Fries Paarsbloei, Solido and Saskia as well as the ‘modern’ variety Natasja were sown, using a manually driven seed drill.

The Linen Stewards of 2022 sowed their flax field at local organic farm De Horsterhof on 23 April. A little later than 100 days after the new year, but hopefully benefitting from additional rainfall in between. With gentle sunshine on the day, less gentle wind gusts meant that the farm's tried and trusted hand-driven seed drill was used to place the seeds directly in the soil, rather than casting the seeds by hand as the linen stewards had intended.

On Friday the 22nd of April opened the exhibition ‘In Search of the Pluriverse’ at Het Nieuwe Instituut. This exhibition encounters alternative perspectives, radical imaginations and a world in which many worlds can thrive and shows the Linen Stewards contributions amongst others. A felted flax bodywarmer, with material developed by linen steward Heleen Klopper contains a textile handwoven by Eva Klee from linen yarn spun from The Linen Project’s sublime 2019 flax harvest. This forms a ‘safety net’ for the shorter, brittle fibres from the Shared Stewardship 2020 flax crop. The felting properties of wool are used to fuse these into one fabric. Working together with fellow linen stewards of 2020, Sebastiaan Kramer and Sjaak Hullekes, the design of a bodywarmer emerged. Besides the felted flax bodywarmer the collective garment makers’ work in progress is on view in the exhibition.

Last but definitely not least, recently the first Linnen Kavels pre-order and introduction day took place. The second event will be on June 10 in Duiven. Find more information in the previous post and in the bio of

1, 2, 3, 4: Photo’s Rob Velker
5, 6, 7, 8: Photo courtesy of Heleen Klopper
9: Photo by Sebastiaan Kramer
10: Photo courtesy of Melanie Bomans
Find the full image credits in the comment section.