ReThread 2026

Tickets for ReThread are sold out.

Have you purchased a ticket but have not yet registered? Please follow the instructions: Send an email with the subject line “ReThread 2026” to bien@layer.si and provide your details (full name, email address, phone number, dietary restrictions, and the 16-character ticket code you received upon purchase, e.g. FA1FDB669F2B0436). We will then send you further information regarding your participation in ReThread.

Autumn ReThread

If you are interested in the autumn edition of ReThread, please contact us at bien@layer.si. We will send you more information. The full programme will be announced at the end of April 2026.

Naira Bloss (DE) and Jasmina Ferček (SI)
Slow Looking
Guided gatherings, mindful walks, and processes of self-inquiry within an art-based dialogue

5–8 November 2026

Kranj, Škofja Loka, Tržič, Jesenice

ReThread 2026: Arts and Sites

The second edition of the ReThread programme, taking place from Thursday, 28 May to Sunday, 31 May, offers a retreat into an intimate dialogue between textile, landscape, and ourselves. Stitching and other textile techniques will be used as a medium for recording the environment, inhabiting space, sketching inner impressions, and creating diary-like traces of time and place. The programme builds upon the activities of the Textile Art Biennial BIEN and its WellBIEN platform, which explores the effects of intertwining textiles, and nature, as well as the influence of the environment on creative processes.

We are delighted to announce Dr Claire Wellesley-Smith, internationally recognised textile artist, geographer, academic researcher, arts-and-health practitioner, and author of the influential and widely reprinted books Resilient Stitch (2021) and Slow Stitch (2015). She will guide us on a journey with a small piece of cloth and a needle in our hands, attuned to the rhythm of breath and the presence of our steps. We will focus on observing the environment, tracing marks of history, and sensing the constant transformations within place and within ourselves. Her workshop invites reflection on how we respond to place and how we perceive ourselves within the places that surround us. 

A group of three practitioners — Tea Pristolič (architect), Editta Dulič (textile and fashion designer), and Barbara Brinovec Pribaković (textile craftswoman and psychologist) — invite participants into a process of creation through materials, gestures, and relationships, where we will explore both our inner and shared worlds. Through this process, a temporary, living space will emerge, built, transformed, and animated through individual and collective contributions. The circle, as a symbol of wholeness, will establish a safe and supportive shared space in which the creative process becomes a form of care and dwelling.

The programme will be enriched by supportive activities led by forest therapist Matija Samec, who will guide participants through practices of observation and movement in nature, and by ReThread curator Jasmina Ferček, whose concluding creative reflection will enable the group to gain deeper insight into their experiences through diverse artistic expressions.

The four-day programme includes 27 hours of activities. Please see the “Schedule” tab below for the detailed timetable.

Mentors will use English, with Slovenian translation provided if needed.

RESERVATIONS / SOLD OUT

The number of places is limited to 14 participants. Individual workshops cannot be purchased separately; the programme fee is fixed and includes all workshops as well as four vegan lunches (soup, main course, fruit).

Fee:
Early Bird: 145 EUR (until 23 March)
Regular fee: 185 EUR (until 27 May)

Registration steps
1. Secure your place by purchasing a ticket here:
https://olaii.com/event/9483/odmik-2026-s-claire-wellesley-smith
2. After purchase, please send an email to bien@layer.si
with the subject line “ReThread 2026” including your details (full name, email address, phone number, dietary restrictions, and the 16-character ticket code you receive upon purchase, e.g. FA1FDB669F2B0436).

You will receive additional information regarding your participation at ReThread via email.

Cancellation Policy

• If the event is cancelled by the organizer, a full refund will be issued.

• Tickets are non-refundable if the participant cancels, but may be transferred:

  • Until 17 May: we can assist you in finding a replacement (contact bien@layer.si).

  • 18–28 May: transfers are possible, but must be arranged independently.