2018 – ongoing

STEINREICH

200 Stück
Ø je 20 – 25 cm

One third of the world's microplastics in the sea comes from synthetic clothing. Tiny fibers peeling away during the washing process are not filtered out by wastewater treatment plants and end up in the water cycle. At the same time, raw wool is a waste product for many farmers in Austria due to insufficient profitability.

Shocked by the pollution through our clothes and the waste of resources, I started condensing textile waste into “stones” in a felting process. As material for that I used old clothes and raw wool. These felt stones are the base for various installations in which I address the relationship between humans and the more-than-human world.

Medium: old clothes, raw wool
Technique: installation, felting

Installations:
2023 Gespräche mit der mehr-als-menschlichen Welt, Villa Rabl, Bad Hall
2022 Returning the gift, Stadtmuseum Leonding
2022 Steine im Wandel, St. Thomas am Blasenstein
2022 Steinreich, Open Ending, Linz
2019 Stille, Zeugfärberei Gutau

Input:
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
GSA (Geological society of America)