BRAIDING COMMUNITY – COMMON GROUND
shared practice/workshop

hosted by common ground core group
John Paul Ayodo, Janhavi Dhamankar, Ingrid Garschall, Marieluisa Langlachner, Johanna Preissler, Carina Riedl, Paul Röttger, Elisabeth Smejkal, Dominika Svarc, Barbara Ziegelböck

next dates:

Open Session 24.11.23, 5 – 8 pm
location studio der Klasse
Heiligenkreuzerhof, Kleiner Hof, Stiege 8 / Erdgeschoß
Entrance Grashofgasse 3 oder Schönlaterngasse 5, 1010 Wien

Session in cooperation with Verein Begegnung HEUTE
6.12.23, 6 – 8 pm
Melk


If you are interested in cooperation, or like to invite us for a session, please send an e-mail to johanna.preissler@uni-ak.ac.at

The joint practice is free of charge for all participants.

A large carpet is created by the common work of many people.
Each person leaves a braid that becomes part of the carpet – and thus a trace in it. Within the time spent together, space opens up for exchange and conversation – a common ground. 
Temporarily, a sense of belonging can emerge to those sharing time and space. At the same time, a constantly growing group is connected across time and space by their shared work producing the carpet.

The craft technique is simple and can be used immediately by anyone. Textile leftovers or old (favourite) clothes are transformed into a new object that is created cooperatively and offers space for everybody – to enter into dialogue, to listen, to face questions together and to learn from one another.

The sessions in which we work together are open to individual participants as well as groups from organizations/initiatives and their communities. We meet each other at the studio of Klasse für Alle and directly at the cooperation partners.

So far there have been 14 sessions in different constellations with groups from:
Station Wien 
Mama lernt Deutsch 
Sprachschule Schubert 
Volkshilfe Community Work
Kulturankerzentrum Schlingertmarkt 
Forum Obdach
and many individuals.

There have been sessions with 1 to over 20 participants. In total almost 100 persons have contributed to braid the carpet so far.

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