Coming soon: Project Space – Marcos Kueh × Miranda Devita Kistler
In our Project Space, you can discover works by Miranda Devita Kistler and Marcos Kueh, recently developed at the TextielLab. At the heart of the presentation is the creative process: how an idea, image or sketch is translated into textile, and how artists work together with the technical experts at the TextielLab. Samples, materials, sketches and moodboards offer insight into the experiments and decisions that lead to the final works.
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Miranda Devita Kistler
Miranda Devita Kistler is a Swiss-Indonesian artist and photographer. She grew up in Switzerland and has Indonesian roots through her mother. Her work explores the connections between personal memories, family history and cultural identity, with photography often serving as a starting point.
For her series Batu dan Banjir, Kistler used family photographs that were damaged by flooding at her grandmother’s home in Indonesia. At the TextielLab, she translated these photographs, including the traces left by the water damage, into knitted wall hangings. Working with knitting specialist Yani Chuang, she developed a layered construction in which loose threads represent the damaged areas of the photographs. A transparent layer of monofilament is knitted across the entire work, evoking the surface of water.
Marcos Kueh
Marcos Kueh is a Malaysian artist and designer from Borneo. His work combines traditional visual languages from Southeast Asia with influences from contemporary culture. He uses textiles to explore themes such as cultural identity, globalisation, consumerism and the changing relationship between people and their environment.
In Kenyalang Circus, Kueh explores how Borneo and its traditional culture are represented by the West. He combines characteristic symbols and colours from Borneo with imagery from the world of consumerism and commerce. In doing so, he reflects on the effects of climate change and the loss of cultural heritage.
For Een eeuw verweven, Kueh designed a commemorative cloth to mark the 100th anniversary of the Dutch Museum Association. In this work, he brings together different cultural references and visual traditions. Inspired by artists such as Escher and by Southeast Asian ikat motifs, he shows how diverse elements can come together to form a new whole, much like threads in a woven fabric.
Co-creation at the TextielLab
The works in this Project Space show how an artistic idea develops into a textile work at the TextielLab. At the heart of the presentation is the creative process: from initial sketches, materials and samples to the finished works. The artists work closely with the technical experts at the TextielLab, drawing on their specialist knowledge of techniques such as knitting and weaving to explore new possibilities.
Although Kistler and Kueh come from different backgrounds and work with very different visual languages, both use textiles to reflect on their cultural heritage. At the TextielLab, these personal stories take on new forms through an ongoing exchange between artist, material, machine and specialist.
