https://nelliegossen.com Nellie Gossen Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:26:01 +0000 https://nelliegossen.com en https://nelliegossen.com/Work-2 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:42:52 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Work-2 https://nelliegossen.com/Garments-for-Living-and-Dying Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:26:01 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Garments-for-Living-and-Dying Garments for Living and Dying Garments for Living and Dying is a social and material design practice that explores clothing as a supportive resource at the end of life. Drawing on long, collaborative traditions of quilting, hand-stitching, natural dyeing, and silk painting, this work positions garment-making as an expanded practice of honouring bodies as they change. Made by many hands in a collaborative, intergenerational process, each piece weaves together stories, memories, and relationships into a garment someone can be physically held by.&nbsp; Originally developed during an MA in Fashion Design at the Berlin University of the Arts, this research includes Garment Rites, an original framework for understanding garment making as a rite-of-passage practice; interviews with hospice, funeral and spiritual care practitioners across Canada and Germany; and a hospice case study. <img width="4012" height="5348" width_o="4012" height_o="5348" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/600ae58c235a28a128afc52b56e1711907313a38bdfbc10f1cadc619ef895b62/Ch-8-Robe---1.jpg" data-mid="252518184" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/600ae58c235a28a128afc52b56e1711907313a38bdfbc10f1cadc619ef895b62/Ch-8-Robe---1.jpg" /> The term palliative care stems from the Latin palliare, meaning ‘to cloak’. While clothing is not generally the first thing we think of when considering end-of-life care, it quietly lives within the foundational language of this work. It reminds us what a garment is and does: a soft shell that offers a felt sense of being held, con­tained, and taken care of. This research traces the multiplicity of ways that clothing can support us in our most vulnerable moments: as a space of agency and dignity for people moving through medical systems, as a practice of memory and connection with loved ones past and present, and as a path­way towards beauty, self-expression, celebration and love. Garments for Living and Dying positions clothing not as peripheral to care, but as one of its oldest and most intimate expressions. Garments for Living and Dying looks to clothing as an everyday, accessible tool to engage with the realities of death and dying – as well as for fully living in all the moments leading up to that point. Photos: Theresa Stritzinger / Poster Design: Ele Toniolo <img width="4797" height="6394" width_o="4797" height_o="6394" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89d2bfd4e798c70b08e74a6faedf23b1b868d2bc22348e90ded2068bfb22d03a/ADCBE44E-49E6-4CFD-90AF-63E3C6AE68A1_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="252760640" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89d2bfd4e798c70b08e74a6faedf23b1b868d2bc22348e90ded2068bfb22d03a/ADCBE44E-49E6-4CFD-90AF-63E3C6AE68A1_1_201_a.jpeg" /><img width="3516" height="4687" width_o="3516" height_o="4687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c65844813c15776da670ef8b3973564aff757ccaf9cf9641ab53446d748762e/9C3CFE54-C65C-4E4C-BFEC-E4E39552A0D4.jpeg" data-mid="252760667" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c65844813c15776da670ef8b3973564aff757ccaf9cf9641ab53446d748762e/9C3CFE54-C65C-4E4C-BFEC-E4E39552A0D4.jpeg" /> <img width="3610" height="4813" width_o="3610" height_o="4813" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c91396d415658c661348d770113aa15050b72eb9f59cae0ecc771878438c6ab/Ch-8-Silk---8-copy.jpg" data-mid="252760564" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c91396d415658c661348d770113aa15050b72eb9f59cae0ecc771878438c6ab/Ch-8-Silk---8-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3865" height="5154" width_o="3865" height_o="5154" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bd49db4d838da941f1625b525adcd6ef6edb08640d543174175a000022977f4/Ch-8---Quilted-PJ---1--.jpg" data-mid="252760546" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bd49db4d838da941f1625b525adcd6ef6edb08640d543174175a000022977f4/Ch-8---Quilted-PJ---1--.jpg" /><img width="7016" height="9933" width_o="7016" height_o="9933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecf60572ee77d191beb282a38855edf289f37877dfacc7bf0f4de4d7a2091fed/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new.jpg" data-mid="253615393" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecf60572ee77d191beb282a38855edf289f37877dfacc7bf0f4de4d7a2091fed/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new.jpg" /> <img width="7016" height="9933" width_o="7016" height_o="9933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36a36e61606ff7306fbfa2773b2777a8cb02f17cec2c4e2d0f93c15a0469a117/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new2.jpg" data-mid="253615394" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36a36e61606ff7306fbfa2773b2777a8cb02f17cec2c4e2d0f93c15a0469a117/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new2.jpg" /> <img width="7016" height="9933" width_o="7016" height_o="9933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c263bc9f99308f374179d184ab44a9789c4850ebf161e45370a3c651ddaa3fa3/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new4.jpg" data-mid="253615396" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c263bc9f99308f374179d184ab44a9789c4850ebf161e45370a3c651ddaa3fa3/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new4.jpg" /><img width="7016" height="9933" width_o="7016" height_o="9933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a15f92ede0b9d326d71600b7efa6b0084d273f36670a88add6135939d63ebf5/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new3.jpg" data-mid="253615397" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a15f92ede0b9d326d71600b7efa6b0084d273f36670a88add6135939d63ebf5/Garment-Rites-Posters_ele---new3.jpg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/Returns Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:12:01 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Returns Returns (2024) Returns is a durational performance investigating the materials, rhythms and choreographies of the mainstream fashion industry. Over a 30-day period, four performers purchase garments from mass-market retailers, pick them apart, and experiment with the disassembled materials. The textiles are set in constant motion, becoming an evershifting landscape of new clothing constellations, sculptural forms, and the basis of unfolding movement scores. At the end of the 30-day returns window, each piece is meticulously reconstructed back into its original form and returned for a full refund. <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dab36cb6ab458314697576bfb24326a076e605bdb495fe517b069c6318b5cc5c/C3B856AD-37C6-4875-8BDC-055F1DFA3519.jpeg" data-mid="210753795" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dab36cb6ab458314697576bfb24326a076e605bdb495fe517b069c6318b5cc5c/C3B856AD-37C6-4875-8BDC-055F1DFA3519.jpeg" /> Returns repurposes the 30-day retail return window as a found score. It transforms the period during which a commodity is legally suspended between being bought and being kept into a rare stretch of collective research time. Using the tools of the garment maker—cutting, stitching, ironing, unpicking—Returns functions as a Certeaudian tactic, testing the rules that govern social and economic exchange, and finding new ways to move in relation to them. The performance invites audiences to share space with skilled craftspeople at work, staging a process ordinarily hidden in garment and dance production alike. Framed within a dance context, the gestures of cutting, stitching, and dressing become readable as choreography; a trained body's skilled negotiation of material and time. With its first iteration in 2019, Returns has evolved from a solo inquiry into a dynamic interdisciplinary collaborative practice. Developed with collaborators from the fields of dance, somatics, choreography, costume, sound and sculpture, Returns was most recently co-presented by The Dance Centre and the PuSh Festival (Vancouver) in January 2024. For this iteration, Gossen worked alongside performance collaborators Tone Puorro, Erika Mitsuhashi and Jaewoo Kang. Holding each commercial garment as a material archive of complex systems, performers used their bodies to unearth the quiet choreographies of garment labour, supply chains, retail systems, and consumer exchange. At the same time, they drew on visual references from across the history of dress and power, using the fast fashion garments to recreate and recontextualize moments of social history. The Returns 2024 installation performance generated hundreds of new outfits and sculptures, photos of which were presented throughout the building of The Scotiabank Dance Centre for the duration of the show. Photos of the exhibition can be found&nbsp;here.&nbsp; Concept and Direction: Nellie Gossen / Performers: Nellie Gossen, Erika Mitsuhashi, Jaewoo Kang and Tone Puorro / Choreographic Mentorship: Emmalena Fredriksson / Sound Design: Nancy Tam / Production Manager &amp; Technical Director: Paula Viitanen Aldazosa / Stage Manager: Sierra Megas / Garment Photography: Luciana Freire D'Anunciação / Artistic Support: Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes / Front of House: Ali Bosley &amp; Shamina Senaratne This work was made with the generous support of The Dance Centre and the Canada Council for the Arts.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1200" width_o="2000" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/133724517552810c3900eb2331c4a38ef0403a4fa497b14ff47f9585c9cc02fb/Untitled-design5.png" data-mid="210736868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/133724517552810c3900eb2331c4a38ef0403a4fa497b14ff47f9585c9cc02fb/Untitled-design5.png" />Garments purchased on January 6th, 2024 <img width="1058" height="1598" width_o="1058" height_o="1598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd457af62f8adfd01a192ab69c482a52a86293393cad7b2acbdeb6b198b1190a/5B09169A-EB66-469E-AD59-68CEB1B34BA3.png" data-mid="209235137" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd457af62f8adfd01a192ab69c482a52a86293393cad7b2acbdeb6b198b1190a/5B09169A-EB66-469E-AD59-68CEB1B34BA3.png" />January 7th Historical Reference: Queen Elizabeth I <img width="3349" height="5023" width_o="3349" height_o="5023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/597aa50116eceb8eedb0cf362fb222cb97f7b9b5c97ad84485db00180d1b701b/A535FA0E-95A3-4C9E-BB6F-3B2F1B628EA4_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210754027" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/597aa50116eceb8eedb0cf362fb222cb97f7b9b5c97ad84485db00180d1b701b/A535FA0E-95A3-4C9E-BB6F-3B2F1B628EA4_1_201_a.jpeg" /> January 11th Historical Reference: 17th Century Joseon Princess <img width="515" height="772" width_o="515" height_o="772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a676a615a9a24f617147b8e616c0f216566974afc6b74b5573a2b028aef18887/81CB7B37-0EC2-4FD6-8247-715BCC6AEB80_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210834187" border="0" data-scale="35" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/515/i/a676a615a9a24f617147b8e616c0f216566974afc6b74b5573a2b028aef18887/81CB7B37-0EC2-4FD6-8247-715BCC6AEB80_1_201_a.jpeg" /> January 28th Contemporary Reference: Alexander McQueen <img width="3499" height="5248" width_o="3499" height_o="5248" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3aba33c6419bcada704817089f010e054b1bb80fc55e73675205a11827d3557/69FE565F-1DD7-4FC3-9B0C-72E904F436DF_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210834184" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3aba33c6419bcada704817089f010e054b1bb80fc55e73675205a11827d3557/69FE565F-1DD7-4FC3-9B0C-72E904F436DF_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="3485" height="5228" width_o="3485" height_o="5228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59a7460446ee3d449b418339fc0e662a2bf80bf463a3d03d26fc9d0ba90868a3/90B3E096-308B-4BBD-B208-93396A6B8E08_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210754029" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59a7460446ee3d449b418339fc0e662a2bf80bf463a3d03d26fc9d0ba90868a3/90B3E096-308B-4BBD-B208-93396A6B8E08_1_201_a.jpeg" /> January 16th Free Form Collaborative Outfit <img width="3797" height="5696" width_o="3797" height_o="5696" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70b924edf0b8b1e7ad0abefae70fbc419f0be81aaf8609cbe73e944dcd457bfd/7C705F4A-A62A-4AE8-96DD-335B4A464A6A_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210754030" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/70b924edf0b8b1e7ad0abefae70fbc419f0be81aaf8609cbe73e944dcd457bfd/7C705F4A-A62A-4AE8-96DD-335B4A464A6A_1_201_a.jpeg" /> February 1st Free Form Collaborative Outfit <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f6275d0f5da84180f1207190974a44148e97fb12657d386b91a337fef126326/E02E835A-AFAE-42A3-BB7B-1F44A42EAE37.jpeg" data-mid="210753899" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f6275d0f5da84180f1207190974a44148e97fb12657d386b91a337fef126326/E02E835A-AFAE-42A3-BB7B-1F44A42EAE37.jpeg" /> <img width="4386" height="2924" width_o="4386" height_o="2924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ea5b7168ba0922c04bad61bae41374acd463af904791489911ccd8c760dad47/0DB9DDD9-823E-4D7B-8724-9535BFDCB8E3_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210753896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ea5b7168ba0922c04bad61bae41374acd463af904791489911ccd8c760dad47/0DB9DDD9-823E-4D7B-8724-9535BFDCB8E3_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="2000" height="1200" width_o="2000" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7b2bf8b79031673f8f1ddbc555d28e9ee3c77a808fe53a1685b5effbd56879f/Untitled-design5.png" data-mid="210777461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7b2bf8b79031673f8f1ddbc555d28e9ee3c77a808fe53a1685b5effbd56879f/Untitled-design5.png" /> Reconstructed garments, sucessfully returned on February 4th, 2024 &gt; https://nelliegossen.com/Returns-Photo-Exhibition-at-The-Dance-Centre Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:42:53 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Returns-Photo-Exhibition-at-The-Dance-Centre Returns Exhibition at The Scotiabank Dance Centre The Returns 2024 installation performance generated hundreds of new outfits, photos of which were presented throughout the building of The Scotiabank Dance Centre&nbsp;for the duration of the show. New photos were added each day, quietly inserting the artists’ garment labor into the daily workings of this dance institution. Photos: Dennis Ha <img width="2160" height="2880" width_o="2160" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4eea2a60bbc8ce6a21c55e6a8ed341463024147da39bff872d79612c4cde1151/1ACCD545-EBDE-497E-9394-E96AC87F2F1E.jpeg" data-mid="209232293" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4eea2a60bbc8ce6a21c55e6a8ed341463024147da39bff872d79612c4cde1151/1ACCD545-EBDE-497E-9394-E96AC87F2F1E.jpeg" /> <img width="2880" height="2160" width_o="2880" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2330f31a9add591683394cdcddd4a7acbf819d2933eee044fcb19aea68c415c1/113A5B12-72FB-459F-A2C8-144487AF9F4F.jpeg" data-mid="209232292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2330f31a9add591683394cdcddd4a7acbf819d2933eee044fcb19aea68c415c1/113A5B12-72FB-459F-A2C8-144487AF9F4F.jpeg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="2160" height="2880" width_o="2160" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64c1fdfcac557e79edad3517035908684b937cff53f4b0c470152c6bbf096147/CD97A8BF-BCAD-4FE5-80EC-0CD5A7E971AC.jpeg" data-mid="209232294" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64c1fdfcac557e79edad3517035908684b937cff53f4b0c470152c6bbf096147/CD97A8BF-BCAD-4FE5-80EC-0CD5A7E971AC.jpeg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/Early-Returns Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:42:54 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Early-Returns Returns (2020) Returns uses the widespread 30-day retail return policy as the framework for a month-long inquiry: garments of all kinds are purchased and brought to the studio where they are very carefully taken apart. For one month, garment materials are set in constant motion, becoming an ever-shifting landscape of new clothing constellations and sculptural forms. At the end of the 30-day period, all garments are meticulously reconstructed back into their original forms and returned to stores for a full refund. With a total of 8 iterations completed to date, this project has taken many different forms. Shown here is an early iteration, completed between Sept. 18th and Oct. 13th, 2020, as part of Gossen’s graduation work at Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, in Berlin, Germany.&nbsp; Photos: Nellie Gossen <img width="3951" height="5927" width_o="3951" height_o="5927" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef2061cb73074cae6321cfbddb79244d29d36823abe5868c9d2c857cc40948f8/E085EC8B-38BA-439E-BB53-93688C456A03_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210754137" border="0" data-scale="50" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef2061cb73074cae6321cfbddb79244d29d36823abe5868c9d2c857cc40948f8/E085EC8B-38BA-439E-BB53-93688C456A03_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="4064" height="6098" width_o="4064" height_o="6098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0e0214dd8412565c3ff8f8e1bc30595068472ffcb8e7ecec43eb8dfe6c55b0a/35465075-233F-4B02-B62C-D4A20D1F8A91_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210754150" border="0" 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="943" height="1415" width_o="943" height_o="1415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5bcd7f9ff4cba9e83bee2cda5bc4d56206cf2f96b7d54a34c96844b0ba80676/DFD6F532-2983-47CB-ACF8-11AFC7ED88A0_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="210779312" border="0" data-scale="57" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/943/i/e5bcd7f9ff4cba9e83bee2cda5bc4d56206cf2f96b7d54a34c96844b0ba80676/DFD6F532-2983-47CB-ACF8-11AFC7ED88A0_1_201_a.jpeg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/Nail-Studio Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:42:55 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Nail-Studio Nail Studio (2025) Nail Studio takes the shape of a pop-up nail salon. Weaving together lineages of expanded fashion and beauty practice with the teachings of spiritual- and end-of-life care, Nellie uses the time-space of a manicure to hold open, one-on-one conversations about change. Changing bodies, changing weather, changing worlds, changing plans. How do we love that which is irrevocably changing? Nail Studio is an invitation to collaboratively explore the familiar yet expansive ritual of a manicure as a means of tending to our bodies, as we tend to the changes our world is asking of us. This work has been presented at Unit/Pitt (Vancouver), Lake Studios (Berlin), as well as in homes across Vancouver and Berlin.&nbsp; Photos: Nellie Gossen and Dušana Baltić&nbsp; <img width="3592" height="4789" width_o="3592" height_o="4789" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f346038e0e82e14cb4611c79b5c1556ecea298b232338a3546676197c3392190/IMG_5767.jpeg" data-mid="240784189" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f346038e0e82e14cb4611c79b5c1556ecea298b232338a3546676197c3392190/IMG_5767.jpeg" /> <img width="3444" height="5166" width_o="3444" height_o="5166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8129b2d160397aff843aa8f981979a7902330abbfd8c751999f57d8a1aebf09c/DSCF3319.JPG" data-mid="240784994" border="0" data-scale="37" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8129b2d160397aff843aa8f981979a7902330abbfd8c751999f57d8a1aebf09c/DSCF3319.JPG" /> <img width="3868" height="5157" width_o="3868" height_o="5157" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66cebadefb160671a9f90659fd4fffc3ff1c463194ecc3a7e8e9e8c263ba0265/IMG_4932.jpeg" data-mid="240785005" border="0" data-scale="39" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66cebadefb160671a9f90659fd4fffc3ff1c463194ecc3a7e8e9e8c263ba0265/IMG_4932.jpeg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="2738" height="3650" width_o="2738" height_o="3650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8ae16647a7afea6b7a0624b212db19599849c975ba3fd42a8f4a37d25d798f8/IMG_5698.jpeg" data-mid="240785006" border="0" data-scale="39" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8ae16647a7afea6b7a0624b212db19599849c975ba3fd42a8f4a37d25d798f8/IMG_5698.jpeg" /> <img width="2482" height="3475" width_o="2482" height_o="3475" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26a4ee71c747e5960e65779810c70d1f0d5ca9343c1f9a3cafaf835c81175d59/IMG_3858.jpeg" data-mid="240784995" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26a4ee71c747e5960e65779810c70d1f0d5ca9343c1f9a3cafaf835c81175d59/IMG_3858.jpeg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/Long-Life Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:12:01 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Long-Life Long Life Long Life is a reflection on a year spent studying and practicing end of life care. Marking the end of this intensive period, Nellie spent the month of June 2023 in residence at the Icelandic Textile Centre where they began to weave together the traditions of their two fields of practice: clothing making and spiritual care. Long Life is the first step along a path of creating garments for sacred life transitions. For this work, Nellie used silk dyed with Alaskan Lupine flowers to create a set of ceremonial pajamas to hold their body at the time of their own eventual death. This work was presented at the Icelandic Textile Centre (Blonduos) in June 2023.&nbsp; Photos: Marisa Krangwiwat Holmes, taken in Nellie’s home garden <img width="4448" height="2946" width_o="4448" height_o="2946" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61cd9a5b3dcfdadedd9e46373066e6341830bd4709e1f7649f25e7979066a63a/24546079-F637-4047-B88F-0550A03CCD1C_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="197319408" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61cd9a5b3dcfdadedd9e46373066e6341830bd4709e1f7649f25e7979066a63a/24546079-F637-4047-B88F-0550A03CCD1C_1_201_a.jpeg" /> <img width="3264" height="4928" width_o="3264" height_o="4928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50e097cd8ef1929746c5daf8482a05da41e304f384a2f7338440cb0145d8bf8a/608189C8-4EDB-46DD-9510-EDAA8139C229.jpeg" data-mid="213431079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50e097cd8ef1929746c5daf8482a05da41e304f384a2f7338440cb0145d8bf8a/608189C8-4EDB-46DD-9510-EDAA8139C229.jpeg" /> <img width="2763" height="4172" width_o="2763" height_o="4172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcfe463b81f8e7775c96747a7e3ead057d03f950b5302a490d49cc2149289b3c/6561AE0D-774A-4C05-AFAE-D5F04E58DD6F_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="197319452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcfe463b81f8e7775c96747a7e3ead057d03f950b5302a490d49cc2149289b3c/6561AE0D-774A-4C05-AFAE-D5F04E58DD6F_1_201_a.jpeg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/Interpretive-Assembly Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:12:02 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/Interpretive-Assembly Interpretive Assembly&nbsp; Interpretive Assembly is a participatory project that works with the form of the sewing circle as a means to investigate the relationship between body, clothing and labor. To shape and be shaped by. The sewing circle, understood as a choreography of clothing production, invites participants both with and without a background in sewing to prepare and sew garments collectively. Each garment is periodically passed around the circle, changing hands and subject to interpretation, until it returns to its owner as a finished product. This work has been presented in homes, gardens and galleries throughout Vancouver and Berlin.&nbsp; <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56f003e1a0ed26423c124d06fa91dc73d9ec9ef64065a53d6109a5d5f676e779/97fd8930-1586-4c42-95ef-5d73893b1740.jpg" data-mid="197545265" border="0" data-scale="54" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56f003e1a0ed26423c124d06fa91dc73d9ec9ef64065a53d6109a5d5f676e779/97fd8930-1586-4c42-95ef-5d73893b1740.jpg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/A-Collection-of-Felt-Movements Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:10:32 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/A-Collection-of-Felt-Movements A Collection of Felt Movements&nbsp; A Collection of Felt Movements is a collaborative project by Nellie Gossen and Michaela Gerussi. The project bridges their respective work in performance and clothing research, and the intersection of these fields as they relate to embodiment. In the context of this project, they created adaptive outfits which act as individualized, wearable sites of research. Each garment is altered over time, responding to their needs and desires. Their working methodology follows an ongoing, functional and responsive dialogue between clothing items and the moving body. This work was originally presented at Altes Finanzamt (Berlin) in March 2019. Drawing: Nellie Gossen Photos: Nellie Gossen and&nbsp;Michaela Gerussi <img width="1920" height="2716" width_o="1920" height_o="2716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c8a420ea16a55651f982f5a9d52f5e23750ca3b71b490a5ae2206e27d7e63d9/fa14bd6e-c564-4897-af72-e990c74abcc3_rw_1920.jpg" data-mid="197542133" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c8a420ea16a55651f982f5a9d52f5e23750ca3b71b490a5ae2206e27d7e63d9/fa14bd6e-c564-4897-af72-e990c74abcc3_rw_1920.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d435666b620ad56b27850b3284abc2dde12c9bb88aa69c73530f2a12e94125ee/IMG_0159.JPG" data-mid="197542134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d435666b620ad56b27850b3284abc2dde12c9bb88aa69c73530f2a12e94125ee/IMG_0159.JPG" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a70312bc88c96ae74498518b249c3f7aa5a2965e28fe136bc4d53fb0198212b/IMG_0209.JPG" data-mid="197542135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a70312bc88c96ae74498518b249c3f7aa5a2965e28fe136bc4d53fb0198212b/IMG_0209.JPG" /> <img width="1621" height="1234" width_o="1621" height_o="1234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe034bb2937eab6199296fe8c81e48195f75f9b274f60a6829d5c03e5b7c2767/50724227-FFF2-4FBF-BAED-5CBF714F3FF8_1_201_a.jpeg" data-mid="197339420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe034bb2937eab6199296fe8c81e48195f75f9b274f60a6829d5c03e5b7c2767/50724227-FFF2-4FBF-BAED-5CBF714F3FF8_1_201_a.jpeg" /> https://nelliegossen.com/NAG Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:12:02 +0000 Nellie Gossen https://nelliegossen.com/NAG NAG NAG is subject, object, body and space. With reference to the world of Leigh Bowery, in which truths can only be articulated in the artificial, NAG positions itself in between genders, life forms, and the lived experiences imprinted on the body. NAG looks through closed eyelid at the sun and sees: business casual and a world in pink. This project used a handmade pink suit as a wearable site of embodied research and the basis of an extended performance. This piece was presented at Kunsthochschule Weißensee in February 2019, as well as throughout the city of Berlin. 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