{"id":2012,"date":"2021-05-05T10:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T08:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/layer.si\/bien\/?page_id=2012"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:05:24","slug":"programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/layer.si\/bien\/en\/programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PROGRAMME BIEN 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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BIEN 2026 is not the Biennial of Textile Art. It is a year dedicated to research, exchange, collaboration, making, and critical reflection. Supported by Ministry of Culture.<\/p>

BIEN 2027 opens on 29 May 2027.<\/p>

Cover image: Artist Claire Wellesley-Smith. Photo by Ma\u0161a Pirc.<\/span><\/p>

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EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

Knots and Patterns 2026: Collective Memory Landscapes
<\/strong>An international group exhibition emerging from artistic research residencies exploring the textile heritage of Pomerania, Epirus, and Slovenia’s Gorenjska region.
20 March\u201316 May 2026
\u0160krlovec Tower, Janez Puhar Gallery, Kranj<\/p>

New Tissue \u2013 Rhythm of Interweaving<\/strong>
Olivia G\u00e9raud (FR), Kristi Komel (SI), Dominika Gacka and Julia Piekarska (PL)
An exhibition bringing together contemporary weaving practices from France, Slovenia, and Poland.
4 May\u201313 June 2026
Layer House, Kranj<\/p>

Claire Wellesley-Smith (UK): Stitch Records
<\/strong>An exhibition considering stitches as traces\u2014material metaphors for place, landscape, memory, and emotion.
28 May\u20136 June 2026
\u0160krlovec Tower, Janez Puhar Gallery, Kranj<\/p>

Knots and Patterns 2026: Textile Landscapes
<\/strong>The exhibition travels to Poland.
26 June\u201330 August 2026
National Museum in Gda\u0144sk, Department of Ethnography, Gda\u0144sk<\/p>

Borjan Litovski (SI\/MK): Soft Records of Heritage
<\/strong>Textile installations carrying stories that endure even after words have faded.
25 August\u201322 September 2026
Attic Gallery, Gorenjska Museum, Kranj<\/p>

Tomer Laham (DE): Looming Matter
<\/strong>An exhibition exploring alternative approaches to weaving and expanding the possibilities of material expression.
5 November 2026\u201312 January 2027
\u0160krlovec Tower, Janez Puhar Gallery, Kranj<\/p>

BIENmake 2026 Mentorship Programme Finale
<\/strong>An exhibition of contemporary textile patterns developed in dialogue with the textile patterns collections of the Gorenjska Museum.
13 November 2026\u201312 January 2027
Layer House, Kranj<\/p>

PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

BIENmake 2026 \u2013 Mini Textile Incubator: Patterns
<\/strong>A mentorship programme supporting the development of contemporary textile pattern design.
19 March\u201313 November 2026
Layer House, Gorenjska Museum, Kranj City Library<\/p>

Where Is the Place for Local Wool?\u00a0
WOOLthREADY: Gathering<\/a>
<\/strong>A day of lectures, conversations, and workshops laying the groundwork for BIEN’s long-term research into wool.
20 March 2026 | 2.00\u20135.30 pm
\u0160krlovec Tower Hall, Kranj<\/p>

Kranj City Library \u00d7 BIEN \u00d7 make-a-thek
Spring Textile Making
<\/strong>A series of free workshops welcoming everyone interested in textile making.
10 March\u201316 June 2026
Youth Room, Kranj City Library<\/p>

reTHREAD 2026: Art and Sites
<\/strong>A four-day retreat fostering an intimate dialogue between textiles, landscape, and ourselves.
Observing and recording landscapes, impressions, and traces of time and place through embroidery and other textile techniques.
28\u201331 May 2026
Layer House and its surroundings, Kranj<\/p>

reTHREAD 2026: Slow Looking
<\/strong>Naira Bloss (DE) and Jasmina Fer\u010dek (SI): Slow Looking
Guided encounters, mindful walks, and processes of self-inquiry through art-based dialogue.
5\u20138 November 2026
Kranj, \u0160kofja Loka, Tr\u017ei\u010d, Jesenice<\/p>

DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

Transdisciplinary International Artist Project
Tunnels:\u00a0<\/strong>Tanja Boukal, <\/b>Lili Panjtar, <\/b>Nina Vastl \u0160tefe, <\/b>Silva Horvat, <\/b>Anja Musek,\u00a0<\/b><\/b>Claire Wellesley-Smith
<\/b>A collaborative artistic research project deconstructing and remapping collective and personal perceptions of unresolved histories and sites of memory.
June\u2013October 2026
Ljubelj, Tr\u017ei\u010d<\/p>

Marielle MacLeman (IE) and Nika Batista (SI): Artist Residency in Collaboration with Fuji Textile Week<\/strong>
An artistic exchange exploring the heritage of sericulture, spinning, dyeing, and weaving at the foot of Mount Fuji.
14 October\u201314 November 2026
Fujiyoshida, Japan<\/p>

The organizer reserves the right to make changes. Any changes will be added here and communicated on social media.
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