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Textiles are omnipresent. Tens of thousands of people once earned their living in the region that was (Eastern) Switzerland designing, producing and trading textiles. Nowadays, they envelope and surround us from dawn to dusk. Good Fabric – what is that? How has it changed in the past, what shape will it take in future?

Good Fabric helps in all situations in life: textiles accompany us through life like a second skin, protect us, convey a sense of togetherness and create identity. Moreover, thanks to our clothing, we constantly communicate non-verbally – and sometimes highly expressively – with our surroundings. In addition, (home) textiles allow both working and private rooms to appear functional, comfortable and impressive at the same time.

Good Fabric promotes creativity: textiles catch the eye and are an expression of our way of living. Since the 19th century, the Textilmuseum has collected and preserved textile artefacts, documenting creative design processes and the spirit of technical inventiveness. The colours, forms, patterns and materials of the unique St. Gallen collection arouse the senses of visitors and lend wings to designers’ imaginations. The current creations that arise from this can be admired in the exhibition.

Good Fabric sells globally: for centuries, textiles were among the most important of Swiss export hits. Up until the 20th century, St. Gallen embroidery, Zürich silks or prints from Glarus found purchasers the world over. In the inter-war period, the Swiss textile industry collapsed, with only producers and merchants in niche products surviving. Today, demand is primarily for smart ‘textile solutions’ in the fields of medicine, mobility and architecture.

Drawing on alluring objects that range from glamorous stage dresses to the informative sample book and practical climbing rope, the Permanent Exhibition welcomes visitors to embark on an exploratory tour. In this, Good Fabric can be experienced with all the senses: thus, historical film footage takes viewers into cotton-weaving in Thurgau, while witnesses from the time concerned reveal the sources of their creative inspirations; textile raw materials can be touched, as can working techniques; and both children and adults are invited to come to the drawing table to try their hand at designing fabrics and clothes.

Anyone who grows weary from the many impressions and tasks can recover in the textile ‘oasis of wellbeing’ designed by the traditional St. Gallen company Christian Fischbacher. Overall, Good Fabric, on show from 12th May 2023, offers visitors the chance to delve into the fascinating world of textiles.

Scenography: Studio DAS
Graphics: TGG Visuelle Kommunikation

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The exhibition All You CanNOT Eat is modelled on a restaurant in which nothing edible or drinkable is on offer. Based on the collection at the Textilmuseum St. Gallen, the tables are laid by various guests with exhibits that depict food.

Different epochs, social classes and tastes encounter one another, creating connections. Human consumption of food is a fleeting moment. Human beings must absorb food and drink before it goes off and decays. What is eaten and drunk is removed from the social context by the act of consumption. To soften and prevent this ‘disappearance’, what is edible is shown and so recorded.

By means of an exhibition and series of events, All You CanNOT Eat investigates table culture in terms of fake food. In addition, prints and imitations of consumables in fashion are examined. 

The exhibition is part of the Esswelten project

 

 

Thank you

                  

 

                 

               

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No clothes without material! The exhibition is devoted to textile raw materials, their production and processing in the clothing industry. Costumes and fabrics from 1800 to the present day illustrate the variety and beauty of textile material, showing their influence on fashion through the ages.

‘MATERIAL MATTERS’ investigates the relationship between material and fashion with the aid of selected items of clothing from the last 200 years. The exhibition questions what influence such factors as specific material characteristics or the availability and pricing of raw materials have on fashion. But social developments and rising prosperity also influence the fashion industry, as do heightened ecological sensitivity and innovations in textile technology, and all these factors change our clothing habits.

One important area within the exhibition is the fibre cabinet. Here, the production and processing of natural and synthetic textile raw materials are examined in detail, from the fibre and the yarn, through to the material itself. Interactive applications, have-a-go stations and games draw in visitors of all ages to explore a complex and fascinating subject. One of the main themes concerns the environmental compatibility of the various materials and processes.

In times of fast fashion, our appreciation of the value of textiles seems to have got lost. The exhibition ‘MATERIAL MATTERS. From Fibre to Fashion’ aims to counteract this by informing visitors about the costly and resource-intensive production processes and by showing them the beauty and variety of textile objects. The exhibition runs from May 15, 2020 up to (and including) January 2021 in the Textilmuseum St. Gallen. The fibre cabinet will remain open for the duration of the exhibition, until year-end 2021.

Thank you
Steinegg-Stiftung and TW Stiftung

           

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In the lounge of the Textile Museum we present a selection of fabrics from the current autumn/winter collections of Swiss textile manufacturers.

Natural shades such as brown and green herald the autumn and glittering fabric combinations in festive colours accompany the winter season. The Swiss textile manufacturers will be showing innovations in lingerie, home textiles, ladies' and men's clothing. The designs range from different embroidery techniques and a variety of fabrics to the use of recycled materials. The colours gold and silver are highlighted in combination with strong colours. The exhibition makes visible the further development in the field of technique, materials and designs. In addition, Swiss Textiles will be showing a presentation on developments in the textile industry.

 

Thank you!

Alumo, Appenzell ǀ Bandfabrik Breitenbach AG, Breitenbach ǀ Bischoff Group, St. Gallen ǀ Christian Fischbacher Co. AG, St. Gallen ǀ Embrex, Embroideries Ltd., Au ǀ Eugster + Huber, Collection by Tamando, Herisau ǀ Filtex AG, St. Gallen ǀ Forster Rohner AG, St. Gallen ǀ Inter-Spitzen AG, St. Gallen ǀ ISA Sallmann AG, Amriswil ǀ Jakob Schlaepfer AG, St. Gallen ǀ Laib Yala Tricot AG, Amriswil ǀ Leinenweberei Bern, AG, Bern ǀ Schlossberg Textil AG, Turbenthal ǀ Serge Ferrari AG, Eglisau ǀ Stotz & Co. AG, Zürich ǀ Textil Tricot Vogt GmbH ǀ Tisca Tischhauser AG, Bühler ǀ Union AG, St. Gallen ǀ weba Weberei Appenzell AG, Appenzell ǀ Weseta Textil AG, Engi

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In addition to the exhibition ‘100 Shades of White. A Colour in Fashion’, the installation ‘GOLD _ Zimmer #0’ by artist Alessandra Beltrame is on show in the Textilmuseum lounge.

In the installation ‘GOLD _ Room #0’ conceived specially for the Textilmuseum St. Gallen, artist Alessandra Beltrame sounds out the demarcation lines between the habitual and outrageous. She wraps everyday objects in gold leather, playing with the viewer’s perception. New socio-political connections arise in this way. The artist thus weaves a path of translation, as she herself describes it, ‘whereby perception is shifted to a point beyond the safe delineation of the habitual, so as to enable during the act of viewing the formulation of a different interpretation, of an apparent reality.’

Alessandra Beltrame lives and works in St. Gallen and Venice.

 

Thank you

 

       

  

     

 

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As part of the exhibition 8th EUROPEAN QUILT TRIENNALE, we are offering a public guided tour on Easter Monday.

Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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As part of the exhibition 8th EUROPEAN QUILT TRIENNALE, we are offering a public guided tour on Easter Monday.

Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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As part of the exhibition 8th EUROPEAN QUILT TRIENNALE, we are offering a public guided tour on Easter Monday.

Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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As part of the exhibition 8th EUROPEAN QUILT TRIENNALE, we are offering a public guided tour on Easter Monday.

Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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If there is a fashion house rooted equally in textile and place, it is Akris in St.Gallen, the city of embroidery.

For 100 years, the only Swiss fashion house to be a member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has cherished and cultivated its geographical origins. The exhibition “Akris: St.Gallen, selbstverständlich” reveals how intertwined the firm’s distinctive signature is with the city in which it is located; it gives an insight into the close relationship between fashion house and St.Gallen’s textile industry and presents those collections that embody the zeitgeist.

THE ST.GALLEN COLLECTIONS

When worldwide lockdowns put a halt to fashion shows in Paris and shifted the focus closer to home, designer Albert Kriemler translated St.Gallen’s cultural heritage to surprising effect in his Akris collections, for instance, when the roof of St.Laurenzen Church makes an appearance in St.Gallen embroidery or when modern patchwork dresses are made of reused embroidery from Akris’ archives. In particular, the exhibition highlights the collection “A woman on a walk” (fall/winter 2021), inspired by Robert Walser’s story “Der Spaziergang” (“The Walk”, 1917).

EMBROIDERY WALK

Walking combines moments of reflection and leisure, of freedom and flight from surfeit. Only in the course of walking do we think, write and create – a thought shared by the great Swiss writer. The scenography of the exhibition is based on the leitmotiv of taking a walk, of coming across the discoveries and stimuli that are a recurring source of inspiration for Albert Kriemler: nature, architecture and the exploration of art – they have all have become integral to his signature. In “Akris: St.Gallen, selbstverständlich”, these inspirations take shape in a diversity of embroidery looks, for example, designs that apply honeycomb structures to featherlight guipure parkas or embroidered amulets on light-colored tulle, echoing the delicate lighting in paintings by the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi.

THAT IS EMBROIDERY!

Exceptional craftsmanship and uncompromising avant-garde, clear lines and exquisite fabrics are seamlessly combined at Akris. This is epitomized especially in looks that testify to the close collaboration between the Swiss fashion house and the renowned St.Gallen textile cluster. How can LED embroidery generate the effect of star-studded skies? What processes are required to make embroidered fabric look like asphalt? Textile innovations and handcrafted know-how give an insight into these questions.

TEXTILE HERITAGE AS A PLAYGROUND OF INNOVATION

For the first time Akris: St.Gallen, selbstverständlich presents the embroidery archives of the firm founded by Alice Kriemler-Schoch; they date back to the 1940s. Surprising colors, fragile materials and an infinite variety of three-dimensional patterns: to this day, the archive is a point of departure for creation, for ever new techniques of processing and crafting; it is the fashion house’s collective fabric memory and testifies to the way in which St.Gallen embroidery has become an essential element in the refined minimalism of Akris.

Curator: Albert Kriemler, Creative Director Akris
Szenography: Atelier Oï, Patrick Reymond, La Neuveville
Graphics: TGG Visuelle Kommunikation
Exhibition coordination: Team Textile Museum St.Gallen

To the press release and the press photos

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As part of the exhibition 8th EUROPEAN QUILT TRIENNALE, we are offering a public guided tour on Easter Monday.

Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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Marianne Burki in conversation with historian Andreas Zangger and TaDA residents.

At two roundtables, experts from various disciplines will discuss the intricate paths of textile creation. With historian Andreas Zangger, TaDA residents Pascal Heimann, Axelle Stiefel, Carolina Forss and others.

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Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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Participation in the approximately one-hour guided tour is free of charge, you only have to pay admission to the museum. The meeting point is at 11 a.m. in the foyer of the Textile Museum. Registration is not required.

 

Besucherservice

+41 71 228 00 10
info@textilmuseum.ch

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Textiles are omnipresent. Tens of thousands of people once earned their living in the region that was (Eastern) Switzerland designing, producing and trading textiles. Nowadays, they envelope and surround us from dawn to dusk. Good Fabric – what is that? How has it changed in the past, what shape will it take in future?

Good Fabric helps in all situations in life: textiles accompany us through life like a second skin, protect us, convey a sense of togetherness and create identity. Moreover, thanks to our clothing, we constantly communicate non-verbally – and sometimes highly expressively – with our surroundings. In addition, (home) textiles allow both working and private rooms to appear functional, comfortable and impressive at the same time.

Good Fabric promotes creativity: textiles catch the eye and are an expression of our way of living. Since the 19th century, the Textilmuseum has collected and preserved textile artefacts, documenting creative design processes and the spirit of technical inventiveness. The colours, forms, patterns and materials of the unique St. Gallen collection arouse the senses of visitors and lend wings to designers’ imaginations. The current creations that arise from this can be admired in the exhibition.

Good Fabric sells globally: for centuries, textiles were among the most important of Swiss export hits. Up until the 20th century, St. Gallen embroidery, Zürich silks or prints from Glarus found purchasers the world over. In the inter-war period, the Swiss textile industry collapsed, with only producers and merchants in niche products surviving. Today, demand is primarily for smart ‘textile solutions’ in the fields of medicine, mobility and architecture.

Drawing on alluring objects that range from glamorous stage dresses to the informative sample book and practical climbing rope, the Permanent Exhibition welcomes visitors to embark on an exploratory tour. In this, Good Fabric can be experienced with all the senses: thus, historical film footage takes viewers into cotton-weaving in Thurgau, while witnesses from the time concerned reveal the sources of their creative inspirations; textile raw materials can be touched, as can working techniques; and both children and adults are invited to come to the drawing table to try their hand at designing fabrics and clothes.

Anyone who grows weary from the many impressions and tasks can recover in the textile ‘oasis of wellbeing’ designed by the traditional St. Gallen company Christian Fischbacher. Overall, Good Fabric, on show from 12th May 2023, offers visitors the chance to delve into the fascinating world of textiles.

Scenography: Studio DAS
Graphics: TGG Visuelle Kommunikation

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