Fibers of Resistance
Weaving conversations between Palestine and Jordan
Palestine, Jordan
During my residency at Dar Jacir in Bethlehem, Palestine, I started investigating Palestinian textiles in relation to oppression and resistance. Visiting weavers in Samou3, a village in the south of the West Bank, I learnt about traditional weaving techniques and how practicing a craft under oppression becomes an act of resistance.
Weaving conversations between Palestine and Jordan
Palestine, Jordan
September 2023, March & April 2024
During my residency at Dar Jacir in Bethlehem, Palestine, I started investigating Palestinian textiles in relation to oppression and resistance. Visiting weavers in Samou3, a village in the south of the West Bank, I learnt about traditional weaving techniques and how practicing a craft under oppression becomes an act of resistance.
Due to the accelerated genocide and intensified attacks on Gaza and the whole of Palestine since October I paused my research and left Palestine. In spring 2024 I continued my artist residency at MMAG Foundation in Amman, Jordan. Learning from Jordanian weavers how to set up the ground loom, the same type of loom weavers in Palestine work with, I aimed to patch together the two places through a shared craft.
Working with both Palestinian and Jordanian wool I wove two pieces on the ground loom, stitched together they form a projection screen. The projected video, edited by Sarah Saleh, work tells the story of the weaving and its materiality – from women weaving on the ground loom to activists trying to protect Palestinian shepherds from settler attacks.
fibers of resistance from Samira Vogel on Vimeo.
This artistic residency was kindly supported by Pro Helvetia.
