In a world that overtakes itself, nature remains – silent and persistent.
The forest gently invites us to return.
A tree, a touch, a breath.
We long for objects that breathe.
For fabrics that bear the traces of dew, wind, light, earth.
Forest Breathing is a project in which second-year students entered into a sensory dialogue with nature. They entered into a sensory-creative dialogue with the forest as listeners and creators. They immersed themselves in the almost invisible structures of the moss, swayed to the rhythm of the treetops, observed the intricate world of mushrooms and, above all, listened. A material, tactile, slow process gave rise to textile objects, video narratives and spatial installations that do not depict the forest, but embody it. Knitwear breathes, crocheted mushrooms emerge, intertwined worms create spaces of play and retreat. Each thread carries the awareness that we, like the trees, are independent but always part of the whole.
The group exhibition Forest Breathing is a space in which textiles grow, breathe and tell stories, through hands, through fibres, through us.
Exhibition at BIEN 2025
The project Forest Breathing(2024/2025) is exhibited as part of the BIEN 2025, textile art biennial and can be seen in Gorizia at Palazzo Lantieri until August 14, 2025.
The authors
Second-year undergraduate students of Textile and Fashion Design:
Luka Bončina, Karin Brečko, Ema Čargo, Julija Čerček, Klara Čretnik, Alex Devetak, Petar Domić, Zarja Ivačič, Alina Kolar, Amelija Kracina, Laura Kresevič, Julija Lorenzutti, Matic Možina, Hristijan Nashulovski, Ana Pelcar, Isak Podgoršek, Žana Polšak Vahter, Klara Povirk, Sandra Pregelj, Rosa Angela Romih, Ana Seles, Lučka Simič Hrovat, Lune Siter, Jaka Sojč, Tadej Šandor, Grega Štor in Vita Velikanje
Mentorship and Support
Mentors: izr. prof. mag. Katja Burger Kovič, mag. Tjaša Bavcon
Artistic directors and authors of the exhibition: izr. prof. mag. Katja Burger Kovič, mag. Tjaša Bavcon
Technical assistants: Nina Glavič, Andrej Vilar
Photography: Tjaša Bavcon
Thanks to: Poliplet d.o.o., Odeja d.o.o.
Support: Evropska noč raziskovalcev 2024–2025 – Humanistika, to si ti!, financira Evropska unija.
