This weekend, a symphony of Singers (not that kind) will lead an experimental performance that stitches together feminism and fashion – and offers the audience free repairsStepping into the studio of the Brazilian-born artist and performer Lisa Simpson – no relation to the cartoon character – feels like entering a crossover between the Mad Hatter’s workshop and a postindustrial steampunk landscape with a colourful girl-power twist. The ground floor space in Berlin’s southern district of Neukölln is filled with shelves laden with old sewing machines and coat racks brimming with hats, bags and fabric scraps. Even more sewing machines propped on two tables might suggest that this is a tailor’s workshop, were it not for the tangle of cables and synthesisers connected to them. Toy sewing machines in candy colours have a purple phone receiver attached; colourful cables with knitted covers sneak out of household sewing machines and seam overlockers; pins and needles are connected to microp...
The world's first sewing machine orchestra, led by artists including Simpson, Stephanie Müller, and Klaus Erika Dietl, will perform "Sharper Than a Needle" at Munich's Kammerspiele theatre. This unique event, blending music, sewing, and experimental theatre, features around 20 performers using modified sewing machines, scissors, and other textile tools. The performance, which includes live costume sewing, critiques the fast fashion industry while celebrating traditional sewing skills.
