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12 April 2022 Highlight of Fashion Revolution Week and thematic series ‘Rethink Fashion!’: Invitation to the exhibition #eintshirtzumleben and Fairlosung of sustainable T-shirt art

Joint press release

At the end of the global Fashion Revolution Week on Sunday, 24 April, the Bonn-based women's rights organisation FEMNET e.V. will be showing T-shirt artworks by 19 renowned artists, including Pipilotti Rist, Frank Schätzing, Marcel Odenbach and Pia Fries, at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (RJM) in Cologne. Her works of art set an example for sustainability in the textile industry and will be fairless in the evening with a large supporting programme.

Artists present at the evening program (booth 11.04.):
Christiane Rasch, Cosima Hawemann, Jeannette de Payrebrune, Lilla von Puttkamer, Marcel Odenbach, Sabine Boehl, SAXA, Simon Schubert, Thomas Bernstein, Willi Reiche

Bonn/Cologne. April 24th is the world's most important day of action for fair fashion and the conclusion of the global action week Fashion Revolution Week. It will take place on the anniversary of the collapse of the ‘Rana Plaza’ building with several textile factories in Bangladesh in 2013. The Bonn-based women's rights organisation FEMNET e.V. therefore invites you to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (RJM) Cologne on Sunday, 24 April 2022 to conclude its solidarity and education campaign #eintshirtzumleben. At the same time, this marks the culmination of their cooperation in the context of the sustainability theme series ‘Rethink Fashion!’.

Burckhardt: The ‘political impact’ of fashion and art

The T-shirt artworks can be seen from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in addition to DJ music, fair fashion show and live performances with free admission in the foyer of the museum. The evening programme for press and invited guests starts at 6 p.m. and includes, in addition to the Fairlosung Talks and highlights from the campaign (see programme on page 2), moderated by Janine ‘Green Janine’ Steeger.

For the first time, art and fashion, politics and sustainability come together at this event. FEMNET founder and CEO Dr. Gisela Burckhardt said: “We need more awareness of the value of fashion if we are to change the global textile industry in a sustainable way. Fashion and art have always been closely intertwined with great, even political, radiance. We are therefore proud that we were able to attract such great artists to the campaign. They show how many ways fast fashion can be countered.”

Snoep: “We are looking forward to the grand finale”

The T-shirt is the epitome of disposable fashion for FEMNET. The works of art enhance it and range thematically from animal welfare to feminism and climate migration to exploitation. They make strong statements for greater appreciation and fairness in the global textile industry (online gallery https://eintshirtzumleben.de/de/fairlosung/kunstwerke).

Since summer 2021, the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum has been cooperating with FEMNET as part of Rethink Fashion!, its first series of topics in the field of sustainability. RJM Director Nanette Snoep: “We gave voice to political and economic actors, activists and artists and discussed with them the economic and social aspects of a globalised textile economy. In addition to FEMNET, we cooperate with ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung and Integrationshaus e.V. and have an important sponsor with the LVR. We look forward to the productive cooperation and the grand finale at the end of April."

Exhibition: hours

From Saturday, April 23, the works of art will initially be freely accessible as a photo exhibition during the regular opening hours of the museum in the foyer of the RJM. The T-shirt artworks themselves will be on display on Sunday, April 24 from 3 pm to 6 pm and from 6 pm for invited guests.

#eintshirtzumleben is funded by the Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung NRW.

Press photo

Artwork and photo: © Cosima Hawemann

Cosima Hawemann participates in the exhibition with her title ‘R.A., 2022’. The starting point is a photo of Reshma Akter: The seamstress was not rescued alive from the rubble until 17 days after the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh in 2013. Today she is married and working again (Image link)

Contacts

Saskia Bellem Project Manager Campaign #eintshirtzumleben FEMNET e.V. Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 11, 53113 Bonn 0172 8718544 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. femnet.de | eintshirtzumleben.de

Judith Glaser Speaker Press and Public Relations Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - World Cultures Leonhard-Tietz-Straße 10, 50676 Cologne, Germany 0221 221-31319 | 0173 3450402 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.rautenstrauch-joest-museum.de

The programme for Sunday, 24 April 2022, 15h22

3-6 pm Public programme, foyer, free admission

3 p.m. Opening

Christiane Overkamp, Managing Director of Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung NRW

From 3 p.m. live performances

The Human Touch project“

designer Juliet Seger shows on the sewing machine how the human traces of fashion production become visible through color on their hands during the sewing process. Individual copies are for sale.

Lilla of Puttkamer: The Berlin artist paints free of charge T-shirts with the motif of the deer horn beetle brought by visitors.

‘In the Marienkapelle in Cologne Cathedral, a painting shows a small piece of lawn with a deer beetle, which is a meadow of paradise. The deer beetle becomes the companion and protective animal or lucky charm of the respective shirt wearers.’ Everyday life, materiality, woman’s own dress, ecology and feminism are fundamental and recurring themes of her art. "I am involved in the campaign to support the seamstresses and the slow fashion movement in the first place," said von Puttkamer.

Flying fashion show: Interactive presentation of selected spring and summer outfits from fair and sustainable labels and shops

Curator and stylist Uta Engbert (slowsetter°) proves with its selection of Cologne brands such as Lanius and erlich Textil over the high fashion upcycling label Melisa Minca to new brands such as Cano Shoes or vintage stores such as Hundred Hands in a combination of new, 2^nd Hand and upcycling the diversity of sustainable fashion.

DJ Meli Melo: Known for her performances at events organised by the women’s rights organisation Medica Mondiale, she performs music from all over the world.

4 p.m. + 5 p.m. Student project "Stageawear" by ecosign/Akademie für Gestaltung: tours

The Body as Stage section of the RJM permanent exhibition shows how people with clothing position themselves within their community. Students extend this presentation with an interactive part for the self-staging of young people: What role does sustainable fashion play for the respondents?

4:30 p.m. Exhibition tour

curator Catharina of Poser, Creative Director #eintshirtzumleben, leads through the exhibition and answers questions about the history of the campaign.

6-10 p.m. evening program for press and invited guests, VHS-Forum

6:00 p.m. Exhibition tour

with curator Catharina of Poser, Creative Director #eintshirtzumleben

6:30 p.m. Welcome & greeting words

Janine ‘Green Janine’ Steeger (Author, journalist): moderation
Dr Gisela Burckhardt, CEO FEMNET e.V., Bonn: Greetings
Nanette Snoep, Director of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne: Greetings

18:45 Fairlosung and Talks

Talk “Design and Circular Economy“
Claudia LaniusFounder of the label of the same name, Cologne
Dunja Karabaić, Communication designer, ÖkoRAUSCH Think Tank, Cologne

talc Traceability and Supply Chain Act
Dr. Gisela Burckhardt, FEMNET founder, Bonn
Philipp Mayer, Co-founder of the start-up Retraced, Düsseldorf

talc “Why women will save the world (and men are essential)’
Ines Imdahl, Rheingold Salon, Cologne
Janine Steeger, Co-initiator “Futurewoman”, Cologne

The authors then sign and sell their book of the same name.

Highlights of the campaign: Best-of Upcycling and T-Shirt Stories
Saskia Bellem, Project Manager #eintshirtzumleben

Live music from Duo ‘father and sun’, Cologne: Film composer and music producer Loy Wesselburg (guitar, vocals); Rob Wheatley (Cello) with “Soundtracks for future movies”.

One Livestream of the fair draw There is on the YouTube channel by FEMNET.

The program lasts about 2 hours and ends after get-together at 10 pm at the latest.