Weaving Roots

Taspestry sculptures and public co-weaving at Bärenzwinger, Berlin (March to June 2022)

Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill

Juan Saez

Juan Saez

Juan Saez

Weaving Roots brings together two artists with two distinct practices to explore the garden as a site of community building. The bear is the emblem of Berlin and Claudia Hill’s 125-year-old tapestry loom transforms the interior of the former bear enclosure into a workshop, while the outside open spaces around the enclosure are transformed into a garden by Jared Gradinger.

Antje Berghäuser

Juan Saez

Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill

Claudia Hill

Natsuko Mizushima van der Ree

Hill considers her tapestry sculptures to be portable gardens and her loom a social-sculpture. Under her guidance, the audience participates in using the loom, emphasizing the openness of her abstraction and her desire for collaboration in both materials and construction.