Post by Barbara Pavan
Curatrice/curator of contemporary fiber/textile/embroidery art
๐ฌ๐ง The linen era ended centuries ago and with it the pieces of cloth spread out on the lawns to be bleached disappeared. Yet today the hills around the Swiss city of St. Gallen are covered in fabrics again, at least from time to time. โTo create together, for the entire population, a huge picnic tablecloth made up of 293,438 sheets, exactly as many as there are inhabitants of the regionโ. This is the vision of the brothers Frank and Patrik Riklin of the Atelier fรผr Sonderaufgaben, who in 2012 gave birth to the โBignikโ project. . ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐ Textilmuseum St.Gallen Vadianstrasse 2, CH-9000 St. Gallen April 22, 2022 - January 29, 2023 . ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ on ArteMorbida ๐ https://bit.ly/37UJZYF ______________________ ๐ฎ๐น Lโepoca del lino si รจ conclusa secoli fa e con essa sono scomparse le pezze di stoffa stese sui prati per essere candeggiate. Eppure, oggi le colline intorno alla cittร svizzera di San Gallo tornano a essere coperte di stoffe, almeno di tanto .in tanto. . โCreare insieme, per tutta la popolazione, unโenorme tovaglia da picnic composta da 293.438 teli, esattamente tanti quanti sono gli abitanti della regioneโ. ร questa la vision dei fratelli Frank e Patrik Riklin dellโAtelier fรผr Sonderaufgaben, che nel 2012 hanno dato vita al progetto โBignikโ. ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค ๐ MUSEO DEL TESSILE Vadianstrasse 2, CH-9000 St.Gallen 22 aprile 2022 โ 29 gennaio 2023 . ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ค su ArteMorbida Textile Arts Magazine ๐ https://bit.ly/3El6wu3 #lino #stgallen #textilmuseumstgallen #switzerland #Schweiz #svizzera #mostra #exhibition #linen #textile #tessile #museodeltessile #sangallo #ArteMorbida #textileartsmagazine #magazine
