Textile visions in the Salzkammergut

“Drawing a Thread” follows on from a research project on the history of the women of the Ebensee weaving and spinning mill. The project was carried out by the Women’s Forum Salzkammergut together with the University of Salzburg in 2017-2018. An important finding of this Leader project was to learn and experience in interviews and storytelling cafés that the weaving mill as a textile company has strongly influenced the social and cultural life of the village.

As part of our project, artists and craftspeople are invited to engage with the history of textiles and explore three traditional textile raw materials from the Salzkammergut region: flax, sheep’s wool and old textiles. The collected findings from art and craft will be presented in the exhibition Textile Visions in the Salzkammergut at a final exhibition.

• Sun, 10/11/24, 3 pm – Lecture by Vera Linzbach
  Vom Glück der Wolle – Eine kulturwissenschaftliche Spurensuche
• Sun, 17/11/24, 3 pm – Lecture by Ernst Tipka
  Frühindustrielle Wolspinnerei im Salzkammergut
• Sat, 23/11/24, 3 pm – Curator’s tour
• Sun, 24/11/24, 3 pm – Presentation of woollen waistcoat AUTwool (100% produced in Austria)

  
Participating artists, craftspeople and speakers:
Mirsini Artakianou – Sigrid Artmayr – Hannah Charpin Ziegler – Sandra Grünberger – Constanze Krög – Markus Kücher – Isaak Leitner – Vera Linzbach – Diego Martinez – Alisa Matern – Nähküche Linz – Florian Nörl – Martina Riedlmayer – Petra Riedl-Mandak – Flora Schuller – Christiane Seufferlein – Kathrin Sonnemann – Ingrid Thallinger – Ernst Tipka
Curation: Gabriele Schuller

Drawing a Thread

The former weaving and spinning mill Ebensee is the hub of the project, which addresses the history of the working world of women, role attributions, social achievements and controversies.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at