Die Braunauer Stadtnäherin
The Braunau City Seamstress creates a public workplace on the city square of Braunau, where she will process textiles brought by the public into a patchwork quilt. The residents give up a piece of their belongings and become part of a “local fabric”. Each textile is marked with the initials of the person who brings it and incorporated into a growing quilt map of the town’s population. The resulting work will remain in Braunau after completion. The installation not only invites active participation, but also exchange – a collective, living image of the community, in the middle of public space.
Lydia Waldhör (Linz)
*Born 1990 in Grieskirchen, Austria. Artist between drawing, collage and site-specific and personal projects. Her works deal intensively with feminist theories, material culture and intuitive design processes. Literature, theoretical texts and textiles are important points of reference for critically scrutinising social roles and her own position. Trained as a milliner at Wiener Modellhut GesmbH (2009-2013). Bachelor’s degree in textil.kunst.design (2022) at the University of Art and Design Linz, where she has been studying for a Master’s degree since 2022. Participation in numerous exhibitions, including ‘Soziale Wärme’ (Kunstraum Goethestr., Linz), ‘Vaginale’ (Kunstraum Tamsweg, Salzburg), ‘Menstruation Songs’ (alter Bauhof Ottensheim), ‘caring matters, who cares’ (WHA Galerie, Linz), Künstlerinnenpreis der Soroptimistinnen OÖ (Salzamt Linz, audience award), ‘BestOFF’ (Kunstuniversität Linz), most recently ‘Paper unlimited’ (Museumkrems, Krems/NÖ).