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samira vogel
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Reimagining Looms


Interweaving (dis)placed ecologies and narratives

Switzerland, Palestine, Netherlands 
August 2023 – ongoing



August 2023 marked the beginning of the project “Reimagining Looms: Interweaving (dis)placed ecologies and narratives”, a collaboration between myself and Julina Vanille Bezold. Our endeavor involves a portable weaving loom that accompanies us as we host workshops and gatherings in diverse spaces, using locally-sourced materials. Sparking conversations about belonging, heritage, and (dis)placement, our loom becomes an archive of stories and a facilitator of dialogue. The loom, as our collaborator, harmonizes with local elements, fostering conversations and connections among participants, integrating human and non-human collaborators into the process.

In April 2024 we held a workshop at Jadal space for Culture and Knowledge in Amman, Jordan. Particpiants were invited to learn about different materials from our material library and collectively weave.


This project is kindly supported by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and het Cultuurfonds.







While residing in “la Casa Vecchia” in Tegna, southern Switzerland, we crafted the first model of our modular weaving loom, sourced local materials, and wove by the tranquil riverside. Our modular loom accompanies us to different cultural spaces and across borders. We held collective weaving sessions with “FINTA bauen” at the Zürcher Theaterspektakel and the “Tankstell Seegüetli” festival in Wädenswil. The loom travelled with me to Bethlehem, Palestine, where we wanted to host multiple sessions around collective weaving focusing on the history of Palestinian textiles. Due to the current aggressions in Gaza and the whole of Palestine we postponed the planned workshops in Bethlehem and hosted some gatherings around the loom in Amsterdam in solidarity with Palestine.