Project: FLAX LIFE CYCLE - From Seed to Textile

Karin Altmann

The “Flax Life Cycle” dedicated two semesters to the plant fibre flax and offered students the opportunity to go through the entire process from seed to textile, thus contributing to a responsible, sustainable future and attempting textile self-sufficiency.

In addition to the practical basics (cultivation, harvesting, fibre processing, spinning, weaving), the students investigated questions of social and ecological sustainability and the individual, cultural, social and political aspects associated with the textile (linen) in artistic-design and research-oriented processes. Beside the development of a solid foundation for critical thinking, the main aim was to impart a lot of practical knowledge on the experimental field in the garden at Zentrum Fokus Forschung (annex Rustenschacherallee).

Participants: Amelie Bosse, Rosa Brotzge, Olivia Cavallari, Pauline Deml, Yola Fahdt, Lena Fürjesi, Nick Gröller, Eva Maria Kühleitner, Zofia Macias, Klara Neuber, Paula Peters, Sama Saadatfard, Annalena Stocker, Clara Weiss und Leo Zellweger.

2024S, 2024W