The TEKS-SENSE textile installation is the result of a research project by first-year students. In it, they took a comprehensive look at textile material – donated jeans waste – and explored its potential for design. The installation combines sensory perception, sustainable thinking and artistic experimentation with textile waste.
In terms of content, the project delves into the world of the basic senses – sight, touch, smell, hearing, taste and touch. Special attention is also paid to air. It is essential for our survival as it is our basic sensory experience – breathing.
By studying and perceiving the senses, the students experimented with the processing of the textile surface. They mainly used manual techniques such as cutting, sewing, embroidering, weaving, interlacing and folding.
The textile installation TEKS-SENSE gives an invisible element – air – a tangible form. It achieves this through a variety of textures, each of which tells a story. These stories are often linked to a personal memory, a momentary feeling or a state of the conscious and unconscious. Sometimes it is just a brief glimpse into life, but sometimes it is a deep narrative, like an inhalation and exhalation.
The installation is also a meditation on sustainability. By recycling waste materials, it draws attention to the importance of conscious consumption and the impact of the textile industry on the environment. The TEKS-SENSE textile installation is therefore not just a work of art. It is also a call for reflection and a new perspective on clothing, fabrics and our relationship with them.
Exhibition at BIEN 2025
The project TEKS-SENSE (2025) is exhibited as part of the BIEN 2025 textile art biennial and can be seen in Idrija at Mercury Smelting Point until August 14, 2025.
Visitors are invited to experience the installation with all their senses. In this unique setting, air becomes tangible through textile – breathing past and future.
The authors
First-year undergraduate students of Textile and Fashion Design:
Malu Adžija, Andrej Alagjozovski, Evelin Bajc, Ema Barbič, Gaja Bassanese, Lucija Bučan, Ajda Cebe Podržaj, Nika Dermastja, Spasko Eftimov, Sinja Hudnik Zaviršek, Anika Katušić Kocbek, Vid Kovač, Lana Krajnc, Vita Kremžar, Onja Lajevec, Lucija Lozar, Jera Marn, Iza Mattersdorfer Milutinović, Nina Mežek, Angel Micevski, Darija Miljković, Tara Mišković, Manuela Mokotar, Ema Mujagić, Maria Naidenko, Tajra Paunović, Jerca Perne, Gal Pohar, Tisa Predalič, Dimitar Simovski, Rebeka Štefanič, Alin Toplak, Jure Kwame Yebuah Tiran in Janja Žibret
Mentorship and Support
Mentor: doc. mag. Arijana Gadžijev
Technical assistant: Nina Glavič
Photography: Maša Pirc / BIEN 2025
Thanks to: Kibuba d.o.o.
