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Weaving

Cellulose in E. coli biofilm. Image: Diego Serra & Regine Hengge

Left: E. coli biofilm cross-section showing the internal fibrous matrix architecture. Copyright: Regine Hengge; Middle: Communal nest of wild silk cocoons of Anaphe/Epanaphe (West-Africa). Private Collection of Laurence Douny. Photo taken at the exhibition DAOULA | sheen. »West-African Wild Silk On Its Way« (at Tieranatomisches Theater in Berlin, 18 November 2022 to 30 June 2023) by Regine Hengge; Right: Michael Beutler: Shipyard, 57th International Art Exhibition: Biennale Arte 2017, Venice. Image: Karin Krauthausen

Selected Activities

Samples of woven cotton cloth dyed with mud (vouwo), Adama Séré - Marka-Dafing master dyer, 2020. Photo: Salif Sawadogo 2020

16.5.2025–6.7.2025
Fermenting Textiles – Weaving Together Traditional Craft, Anthropology, Microbiology and Art
Exhibition and Talks

Beetle Galleries in Spruce Wood. Photo: Pelin Asa, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Matters of Activity, 2024; Graphic Design: NODE Berlin Oslo

27.6.2025–23.11.2025
Symbiotic Wood
Exhibition, Symposium, Roundtable and Tour

Co-Weaving Biofilms, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, Moritz Liedtke, Regine Hengge, Installation for Bauhaus Museum Dessau, 2025, photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activity

10.4.2025–2.11.2025
Bauhaus Ecologies
Installation »Bacterial ­Cellulose: Co-Weaving Biofilms« Featured at Exhibition in Dessau

Cover Landwirtschaft und Literatur, 2025. Copyright: diaphanes Verlag

14.2.2025
Agropoetik
Neuer Sammelband von Stephan Kammer und Karin Krauthausen untersucht das Verhältnis von Agrikultur und Textkultur
Bacterial Weavings
Architectural Yarns
The Hut
Syntopic Architectures
Daoula | Sheen
Weaving and Mathematics
Microverse
Fermenting Textiles
Minimal Machines
Upcoming
19.9.2025
Out of Hand. Active, Ambiguous and Unsteady Matters
MoA's Annual Conference on 19 Sep 2025, 9 am-9 pm at silent green Kulturquartier
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