new beginnings

New Beginnings (2024)

New Beginnings (2024)

7 Textile Objects

Boxing bags sewn from natural cotton canvas, thread, filling, pigments, cotton rope, leaf metal flakes, eyelets.

120 cm x 40 cm diameter (each)

"New Beginnings" proposes the idea of a rage release infrastructure in the public realm—where public spaces offer soft structures for emotional release, allowing people to express their anger and let go of resentment.

Starting from there, the artist invited a group of women and non-binary artists, who constitute her friendship group and network, to revolve around the different layers that underline the frictions within the Berlin art scene, its challenges, opportunities, and the economic difficulties the system brings.

In a sort of frustration release ritual, the artists, through punches and tools, altered the bags. Later, the artist visibly mended the works, preparing them for exhibition. Visitors listen to their action through a sound component that captures the recorded destruction of the bags.

Cooperation artists:

Cote Jaña

Maria Paula Maldonado,

Minhee Ahn

Sam Godfrey

Hannah Santana

Yi Weihua

Constanza Carvajal

Credits

Images
Action ©Bernardita Bennet
Exhibition Views @Minhee Anh

Video
Action ©Bernardita Bennet
Exhibition Views @Devadeep Gupta

Acknowledgments

Participants artists: Cote Jaña, Bernardita Bennet, Maria Paula Maldonado, Minhee Ahn, Sam Godfrey , Hannah Santana, Yi Weihua.

Sewing: María Angélica Apablaza,

Installation: Ignacio Rivas & the Ratis from Ratibor.