Textile landscapes of Pomerania I Knots and Patterns 2026

Описание: Knots and Patterns 2026: Collective Memory Landscapes

Across three art and research residencies, the project focused on textile heritage as a living carrier of collective memory, shaped through social relations, situated knowledge, and sensory experience. While each context addressed distinct historical and cultural conditions, the shared inquiry revolved around how textile practices transmit memory, identity, sustainable practices and values through both dis/continuity and trans/formation.

An important element of the Polish residency was learning about textile traditions through the senses, for example, the touch of fabric, the smell of wool, and the sound of a spinning wheel. The relationships between communities, heritage experts and artists made the team realise the importance of direct transmission of textile traditions, but also of creative reinterpretation of traditional techniques, motifs and patterns that can be incorporated into the ethno-design trend. The project Textile Landscapes of Pomerania was led by Monika Górska and Aleksandra Paprot-Wielopolska, and implemented by the Department of Ethnography of the National Museum in Gdańsk.

Three partners from Slovenia, Greece, and Poland explored the textile heritage of the regions in which they are based. On the basis of artist and research residency projects, two exhibitions were organised, presenting 26 textile and audiovisual artworks. In addition, the project developed a collaborative digital archive of local textile heritages, documenting the creative processes and presenting the outcomes through a digital storytelling tool.

Textile landscapes of Pomerania
Artist residency in the Pomeranian Region
Authors: Monika Górska, Aleksandra Paprot-Wielopolska, Julia Ciunowicz, Laura Wankiewicz, Aleksandra Skorupka, Jadwiga Ligęza, Inka Fischer
Coordination: Anna Ratajczak-Krajka, Krystyna Weiher-Sitkiewicz, Urszula Kokoszka
Production: Ethnography Collection of the National Museum Gdańsk
Partners: Women's Space of Powiśle Association, Museum in Kwidzyn – Branch of the Malbork Castle Museum, Museum of the Kociewie Region in Starogard Gdański, HUBAxENERGA
Acknowledgments: Blanka Byrwa, Izabela Czogała, Małgorzata Dubasiewicz, Ewa Gilewska, Joanna Jezierska, Danuta Leszczyńska, Barbara Maciejewska, Katarzyna Magierowska, Irena Peplińska, Marta Sznajder, Sebastian Wernik
Video and edit: Jan Rusek

Co-financiers: European Union, Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund

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