The Stitch Project
With text readings from Ferske Scener and NOOR productions
What?
Tromsø Kunstforening invites you to a weekend programme with The Stitch Project.
Friday 13 December at 17:00 - 20:00:
Artists Hilde Hauan Johnsen and Marie Skeie from The Stitch Project bring a 10 metre long linen cloth that everyone is invited to embroider while we talk about what is happening in Palestine. You can put your stitches in the cloth, which has embroidery from Palestine, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine, Denmark, Latvia and Sweden.They'll also be bringing wool and needles to spin on a thread that stretches from Kåfjord to Hebron.
From 17.00 - 19.00
Ferske Scener and NOOR productions read texts from Gaza and the rest of Palestine. Come and listen while you embroider at The Stitch Project. It will be possible to buy food.
Since 2012, The Stitch Project has worked with embroidery, plant dyeing, spinning, landscapes and people in Palestine, Norway, Iceland, Ukraine, Denmark, Latvia and Sweden. The Stitch Project is an international art project by artists Hilde Hauan Johnsen, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Marie Skeie, Omaya Salman and Britta Marakatt-Labba.
Saturday 14 December at 12:00 -17:00:
We continue conversations and embroidery with The Stitch Project with Hilde Hauan Johnsen and Marie Skeie.
Sunday 15 December 14:00 -17:00:
We continue conversations and embroidery with The Stitch Project while Hilde Hauan Johnsen and Marie Skeie talk about the journey of the cloth.
Where?
Tromsø Kunstforening - Romssa Dáiddasiida, Mellomvegen 82
Tickets?
Free
