„Eine Hand allein kann nicht klatschen“ – Sticken als Akt der Solidarität

Together we embroider a cloth, beautiful and strong, expressive and incomplete, which is meant to last forever as a symbolic, cultural trace and testimony to diverse migration experiences. For there are people who cannot go back. Whoever belongs to no place may not cross a border; whoever belongs to no state depends on some form of solidarity. We embroider a vision for protection and emancipation. "Embroidery can embody contradiction, with each stitch simultaneously perpetuating rage and inspiring calm." (Rosner, 2024) For centuries people have embroidered under difficult conditions: to calm themselves, out of compulsion, or out of protest. The embroidered fabric is therefore an artefact of tangible pain. Like the fingers that become sore because the needle keeps slipping. The embroidered fabric is a storage place for dreams, hopes, disappointments and longings. It is the material with which memory work is done.