The sloping Tschumi pavilion will reflect the unstable soil of the gas-drilled province of Groningen in the coming months. The installation, which consists of hand-stitched curtains and giant textile dolls, was created by Olivia D'Cruz (Goa, India, 1996) and Marina Sulima (Moldova, 1996). The project is a collaboration between Noorderlicht and Kunstpunt.
“Our joint work is an intersection of all our interests, with a focus on ecology and landscape. In recent years, we have worked with Noorderlicht on the subject of extraction, in which fossil raw materials are extracted from the earth. We made the work In The Courtroom with Rocks, in which we drew parallels with the problematic mining in Groningen and areas elsewhere in the world (for example in Indonesia and India). The work in the Tschumi pavilion is a continuation of this project. It is based on the idea of intergenerational equality, how we owe it to future generations to take care of our environment. We use giant textile dolls to represent future generations, who will roam the countryside of Groningen before stopping at the Tschumi pavilion."
"The installation consists of 26 hand-stitched curtains that resemble the interior of a house, the large textile dolls and QR codes link to stories written by Fynn van der Ziel (Groningen, 1996). These stories tell, among other things, the story of the dolls and how they ended up here. The floor of the pavilion is open, so that the wind has free play with the installation. We used second-hand textiles to fill the dolls. The great thing is, we were trained as illustrators and now we 'draw' with textile on textile. Our sewing machines have become our pencils.”