Workshop with artist Annelotte Lammertse on plant-based natural textile dyeing.

The Messy Sessie ateliers at Pilar are low-key workshops where we draw, stitch, doodle, cut, glue, and make a bit of a mess together. A nice way to hang out, meet people, and try things out. Each session can be something different: experimental drawing, upcycling clothes, reading circles, model drawing… anything goes.

On May 20, we’re joined by artist Annelotte Lammertse for a hands-on session with dye plants: plants traditionally used to make natural dyes. Together, we’ll extract pigments from plants and dye textiles with natural dyes. We’ll prepare a natural pigment and dye bath on site, and you’ll dip your fabric in natural plant pigments to build up color. Fabrics will be present, but you can bring a piece of fabric (or a garment) you’d like to dye. Natural fibres like wool, or silk work best.

 Annelotte is also one of the artists in The Foragers exhibition at Pilar. Feel free to visit the exhibition before the session, to step into the wider context of her practice.

14:00-20:00: The exhibition is open.

18:00-20:00: Messy Sessie with Annelotte Lammertse

Annelotte Lammertse is een in Brussel gevestigde beeldend kunstenaar en onderzoeker. Door middel van weven, natuurlijk verven, film, fotografie, performance en grafische kunst richt ze zich op de veelzijdige relaties en verbanden die ontstaan in onze directe natuurlijke omgeving, waarbij ze flora en andere niet-menselijke organismen als gidsen en verhalenvertellers gebruikt. Ze reageert op de manieren waarop we voortdurend proberen de ecologie om ons heen te beheersen, categoriseren en vastleggen. In deze werken worden verschillende vormen van samenwerking, kennisproductie en precairheid onderzocht.

Free participation, but registration mandatory. Registrationlink soon available.

The Foragers: Engagements beyond the Human, an interdisciplinary art-science project that brings together artists, researchers and enthusiasts to reimagine the ancient practice of foraging as a bold, imaginative and future-facing practice.  Alongside film screenings, talks and collective practices, the programme comes together in the exhibition at Pilar (24 April – 29 May).