IT’S THE BERLIN COCO FASHION!
Young people from all over the world, talents in intergalactic communication, close their eyes and beam themselves back to their city, their village. At Schlesische27, they sit down together with friends and neighbors, talk, try their hand at the sewing machine, and stories take shape: everyday clothes? Uniforms? Large tapestries?
The COCO History Project is a laboratory for textile social research, tailoring for contemporary history, and reflections on the body, clothing, and identities. But first things first:
“Where did Fidel Castro’s pants and Mrs. Macron’s Chanel suit suddenly come from? Who traded hip-hop baggy pants for uniforms here?”
In the textile workshop of our open workshop school, boys and girls recently started sewing small items of clothing out of the blue. Not doll’s clothes, but fashion in garden gnome size! They had fun and wanted to show each other what clothes they liked, and they began to tell stories – stories they associate with the miniatures, political and personal moments.
This is where our project comes in. We are picking up on the exciting impulse of the young people and organizing textile construction sites, studios, shop and park tailors in 2026.
Workshops with Mohammed Abdel Amine, Blackademy e.V., RomaTrial e.V., and S27 Fischfabrik / Katja Schmidt, Federica Teti, Matze Görig
The COCO Actions 2026 will be organized with the Bildungsmanufaktur and the dialogue spaces of our WELTSCHULHAUS initiative.
