INTERSOLAR was part of the Ornamenta 2024 Solartal: An exhibition on Tanning, Shades and Spirits, at Reuchlinhaus (Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim). The installation is made from UV-responsive textile that will start to change its colour during the 3 months of the art festival. It is a collaboration with the women of Nähcafé Pforzheim who used the UV-responsive fabric as a “canvas” to tell embroidered stories of the sun.
Ornamenta 2024 was on from 5. July – 29. September. It is a festival for art and design in Germany’s northern Black Forest region. Held first in 1989, Ornamenta returned in 2024 as a platform of contemporary cultural development, which takes place through site specific exhibitions, public installations, and events.
INTERSOLAR is based on the SLOW PATTERNS project. For technical information see the project.
„The textile installation consists partly of naturally dyed yarns that will respond to the transformative powers of the sun in a different way than its synthetically dyed components. This selective bleaching process results in a slow transformation that becomes visible in a colour gradient resembling a sunset. By adding their embroideries the women are shielding selected areas from the sun, thus emphasising our ambiguous relationship with the sun´s invigorating as well as corrosive power.“ – Ornamenta 2024
Embroidery on UV-responsive textile.
Simulation of textile after some time in the sun.
Sample showing faded natural dye.
Full design: Two scarfs of 190cm wide and 400cm long textile.
