Softness - Jean Oberlander illustration By addressing the long-neglected processes

By addressing the long-neglected processes of nation-building within the Soviet Union and the way built environments were involved in this

Vestoj is looking at the practice and poetics of the everyday

for there is beauty in uncertainty

These collages are a daily exercise for Assmann

these contributions address the complex relations between humans

Softness - Jean Oberlander illustration By addressing the long-neglected processesUnravelling the semantics of the ugly jumper, the ratty cardigan and the squishy mittens. Softness is a poetic reflection on hand knitting and the neglected objects that give us nourishment. A straggly jumper, shrunken in a hot wash. A frayed sleeve, mended with different wool. A garish sweater, coffee stained but decidedly unwashed, sent by a loved one to withstand the cold winters. Punctuated by short key texts from textile studies and feminist