Six large-format knitted banners are displayed on the façade of the Van-de-Velde building at the Bauhaus University during the Summaery
Knitting Banner: Das Stricken an die große Glocke hängen. Regine Beßler, Oriana Osterkorn, Amelia Reißenweber
Knitting Banner: Arbeit|Bedingung. Luisa Bringmann, Lea Bredenbals, Lu Reynolds
Knitting Banner: GDRbeiterinnen. Luca Grün, Leandra Maretzky
Knitting Banner: Karlis blaues Herdentier wird von einer Bowlingkugel gestochen und brettert mit Angie auf dem Schlitten über die Motocross-Strecke Richtung Faschingsverein. Vivien Barthel, Maria Saveliev
Knitting Banner: Der Welt zum Trotz. Joy Enzmann, Nora von Zahn
Knitting Banner: Wachsen und Wirken. Charlotte Rein Sandra Waldforst
Knitted banners on the façade of the Van-de-Velde building |Summaery 2024
Apolda Station
Regional knitting factories
Regional knitting factories
Regional knitting factories
Design process
Design process
Production process
Production process
Test of QR codes on a knitted banner
Preparation for exhibition
Anyone who wore knitwear in the GDR very likely had a piece of Apolda on them. The flourishing textile industry nourished and shaped the town for many decades and even centuries. While 35 years ago Apolda and the surrounding area was still littered with smaller and larger textile companies, today the number of knitting factories can be counted on one hand. A piece of cultural history and an important economic driver of a town is dying along with the knowledge of industrial knitting production.
In collaboration with the knitting company Anke Hammer StrickArt in Bad Sulza, six large-format knitting banners were produced. These refer to the cultural heritage of the town of Apolda and the current production and working conditions in the textile industry. After the exhibition at the Van-de-Velde-Bau during summaery, the pieces moved to Apolda, where they were displayed on the railroad station building.
This project is a call to knit along, to participate. Let’s knit for visibility!
More Information: https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/kunst-und-gestaltung/professuren/kunst-und-ihre-didaktik/forschung-kunst/cast-on-knitting-culture/cast-on-knitting-culture/
Participants: Vivien Barthel, Regine Beßler, Lea Bredenbals, Luisa Bringmann, Joy-Fabienne Enzmann, Luca Grün, Leandra Maretzky, Oriana Osterkorn, Charlotte Rein, Amelia Reißenweber, Lu Reynolds, Maria Saliev, Sandra Waldforst, Nora von Zahn
