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A Worn World
Clothing carries within it seeds of self-image, gender identity, coming of age, family, as well as cultural and social norms in the diversity of its wearers.
Since 2020, «A Worn World» has been an ongoing project. It has travelled to Kuopio, Montreal, Los Angeles and Ryadh. It explores the desires, pleasures and fears that are contained, triggered and expressed through clothing.
Directly on our skin, our largest organ of perception, lies a layer of self-invention. Clothing is a direct expression: it conveys our stories, our memories, reminds us of our cultural origins and places, reflects sociological and economic prejudices, reinforces our feelings of belonging and resistance, and promises all that we can become.
Happening / neuer Kunstverein Wuppertal / August 2024
A Worn World is a deufert&plischke project. With supporting artists: Kuopio: Aurora K Myyryläinen, Eeva Käärmekallio, Helmi I Räisänen, Hilma Toropainen, Jarno Räsänen, Johanna Partio, Kaisla U Haapala, Koivisto Elisa Itkonen, Laura Paladinen, Mikko Vidgren, Milla E Jokela, Mira Nurmela, Rosa Kukkonen, Suvi Koivisto, Los Angeles: Breayre Tender, Jennifer Jonassen, Denise Blasor, Montreal: Olivia Sofia, Production Kuopio 2020: ANTI Festival, Production Odyssey Theatre Los Angeles: Barbara Müller Wittmann, Production Goethe Institute Montreal: Carolin Gagnon, Coproduced by INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION FUND, Goethe Institute Munich, Funded by the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein Westphalen (Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine - Westfalia)
Supported by: Goethe Institut Helsinki, Goethe Institut Los Angeles, Goethe Institut Montreal, Auswärtiges Amt / Ministère fédéral des Affaires étrangères / Federal Foreign Office, ANTI Festival Kuopio 2020 / 2022, Odyssey Theatre Los Angeles, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Future Divercities / Creativity in an urban context. Thank You: Susanne Traub, Isabel Hölzl, Petra Hannus, Johanna Tuukkanen, Manfred Stoffl, Lien Heidenreich-Seleme, Daniel Chaffey, Beth Hogan, Nadja Furth, Elisa Itkonen, Suvi Koivisto, Eeva Käärmekallio, Johanna Partio, Laura Pakarinen, Videoedit: Karen Zimmermann
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