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Adele Zavagno

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@areholland resident 8.26-10.26
@nieuweinstituut design fair 27.09.26
@dsfw.enschede 4-11.10.26
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I was invited to spend 3 months in Enschede, a city located in the Overijssel region of the Netherlands. I had just moved out of what I had called home for the past 3 years, a small town in Northern Italy, and quit a full-time job. The project I was going to begin was highly inspiring, bringing together my passions: art, textiles, and what I have always found deeply motivating — jumping into something completely new without expectations.
I was asked to question how garments can become a protection or second skin. The goal was to understand whether textiles and clothes today can carry hidden forms of communication, given the constant exposure we are subject to — both online and offline.

The idea of HIDE as a safe space immediately took shape in my mind as a form of liberation and self-expression, rather than defense or isolation. I imagined HIDE as a materialisation of our identity through objects that belong to us. A skin in which we feel safe because it carries our most comforting memories, and a safe space because, through its tactile properties, we can connect with our inner self. This second skin needed to establish an emotional connection with the user through personal experiences and memory.

Memory and emotion are extremely important to me as drivers for connection with physical matter. My experience with upcycling and altering garments originated in 2020, while I was studying fashion design in Milan and found myself spending a lot of time at home because of the pandemic. Being in close contact with a pile of textiles and clothes I had hoarded over the past 3 years was a wake-up call — moreover, I was going to move out soon and needed to detach myself from most of those items. Even keeping a small piece of fabric from each item was meaningful to me, as it allowed me to re-establish a connection with a tactile memory of a past time or place after I moved.

I took HIDE as an opportunity to understand how others engage with their own material collections and memories, and how I could embed these hidden meanings into a wearable artefact.

#artistresidency #textileartist #upcycledfashion taken in Enschede by @adelezavagno

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12 days ago

What do the things we keep say about who we are? 💭

In HIDE, artist and designer Adele Zavagno explores how the objects and materials we keep, make and collect can carry memories and reveal something about our identity.

For the project, Zavagno worked closely with four participants from Enschede’s creative community. Personal materials and objects, some considered too precious to throw away, were cut, sewn, felted, taken apart and reassembled into wearable art.

The result is a wearable Wunderkammer: a collection of material memories brought together in a new form. Like a second skin, HIDE becomes an expression of identity, made up of textures, colours, shapes and objects that tell our stories without words.

Join us for the opening of HIDE on Sunday 4 October at Black Brick in Enschede.

Opening: 04.10.2026 - 16:00–20:00
Location: Black Brick, Hoge Bothofstraat 31f, Enschede
Entrance is free

After the opening, the exhibition can be visited at the following times:
08.10 | 16:00–20:00 & 21:00–23:00
09.10 | 16:00–20:00
10.10 & 11.10 | 12:00–18:00

@blackbrickunderground
@faees.it
@over.lap.nl
@dsfw.enschede

#enschede #dsfwenschede #exhibition #artist #art #areholland #residency taken in Enschede, Netherlands by @adelezavagno

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17 days ago

Some overdue work in progress images from my residency project @areholland

Opening October 4th, 16:00 @blackbrickunderground
@faees.it @over.lap.nl @dsfw.enschede taken in Enschede, Netherlands by @adelezavagno

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18 days ago

Next Sunday, 4 October at 4.00 pm: opening at @blackbrickunderground Come and explore and reflect at the exhibition featuring work by three artists selected for FÆES-›!T @faees.it

Volgende week zondag 4 oktober 16:00 opening bij Black Brick. Kom verkennen en reflecteren, expositie met werk van drie kunstenaars geselecteerd voor FÆES-›!T

1. Şirin Bahar Demirel: ‘Between Delicate and Violent
@sbperec

2. Emma Wijnsma: ‘Hoeveel kun jij dragen’
@studiodilemma

3. Adele Zavagno: ‘Hide’ @adelezavagno
Adele has been invited as an artist-in-residence as part of a collaboration between @over.lap.nl and @areholland and the project is supported by @culturemoveseurope taken in Enschede by @adelezavagno

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20 days ago

Design Fair is getting closer!
This event is the perfect opportunity for me to show my recent work to the public. This year’s fair is an exhibition, marketplace, and platform for exchange and education on regenerative design, upcycling, and new material development.

“Light Objects” is a series of textile artefacts that push the boundaries of upcycling fabric, yarn, and knitted pieces by transforming these materials into three-dimensional forms.

The practice stems from an awareness of the labour-intensive nature of garment upcycling—a process that requires specialized equipment and time-consuming disassembly. The search for faster, simpler, and more valuable approaches to textile upcycling has led this research beyond garment-to-garment transformation, using light as an interactive agent that shapes and transforms matter.

The textile waste used in this series was locally sourced and transformed using bio-based, fully compostable binders. When dissolved in water or returned to the soil, the binders release the fibres, allowing them to return to their original state and eventually biodegrade if buried in the ground.

Sunday 27 September from 11 to 17pm
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (NL)
Museumpark 25, 3015 CB taken in Nieuwe Instituut by @adelezavagno

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24 days ago

HIDE - October 4-11 @blackbrickunderground
Participatory project involving #Enschede creative community exploring how the objects we make, keep, or collect can represent our identity without words, becoming a second skin.
I’m so excited to share a preview of my work at @kunstenaarsinitiatief_b93 developed during my residency that began August 6th, a milestone in my professional life. Stay tuned for more announcements of @dsfw.enschede!
This project was funded by @culturemoveseurope @goetheinstitut. by @adelezavagno

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a month ago

LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS 📣

What can the things you wear, keep, make or collect reveal about you?

Artist Residencies Enschede (ARE) invites you to take part in Hide, a participatory research project by Adele Zavagno, developed during her residency at ARE in collaboration with Overlap.

Bring materials that feel connected to you. Clothes, textiles, notes, sketches, objects, things you make or collect, or simply something you like. Together with Adele, you’ll explore their stories and meanings. Your materials will then be transformed into a wearable artifact.

Practical info:
- One in person session of around 2 hours at ARE
- Between the end of August and mid September
- The artifacts will be presented during FÆES-›!T in October 2026
- Afterwards, you will receive your artifact

Interested in taking part? Find more information and sign up via our website.

#participants #areholland #are #enschede #residency #textiles #overlap #festival taken in Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93 by @adelezavagno

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2 months ago

Meet our new resident: Adele Zavagno ✨

Adele is a multidisciplinary designer and emerging artist whose practice explores the intersection of textile upcycling and biodesign. With a background in fashion design and professional experience in the leather goods industry, she creates material-driven work that brings together design, research and artistic experimentation.

During her residency at ARE, Adele will connect with the local artistic community and collaborate with Overlap on “Hide”, exploring how garments can carry hidden messages and function as protection or a second skin. Her work will also be presented at FÆES-›!T in October.

We’re excited to welcome Adele to ARE and see how her project unfolds!

@adelezavagno
@over.lap.nl
@faees.it
@culturemoveseurope

#areholland #overlap #artist #collaboration #textiles #art #enschede taken in Kunstenaarsinitiatief B93 by @adelezavagno

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2 months ago

6/25-6/26 ❤️ by @adelezavagno

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4 months ago

Echoes from @teatrolinguaggicreativi

Dress ☁️ by @adelezavagno
Video by @demoniosenzacuore

Booking: beatrice@hangarbooking.com

#dronemusic #ambientmusic #etherealmusic #artfolk #dreamgaze by @adelezavagno

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4 months ago

Weird fits of 25 by @adelezavagno

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9 months ago

Con la conclusione del corso @the.material.way si chiude un percorso intenso e stimolante. Un grazie speciale alla nostra mentor @studio_sarmite , alle curatrici @clara_malling e @gracieroyhess di @natural.material.studio per la guida e l’ispirazione costante.
Grazie anche a @materialmatters.design per averci accolto durante il @l_d_f_official .
Sono profondamente grata di aver condiviso questa esperienza con i miei colleghi, con cui da gennaio 2025 abbiamo costruito un dialogo e una crescita collettiva che continueranno a ispirarmi.

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With the conclusion of The Material Way course, an intense and inspiring journey comes to an end. A special thanks to our mentor Sermite Polakova, and to the curators Clara Malling and Grace Roy Hess of Natural Material Studio for their guidance and constant inspiration.
Many thanks also to Material Matters for hosting us during the London Design Festival.
I am truly grateful to have shared this experience with my colleagues, with whom since January 2025 I have built a dialogue and collective growth that will keep inspiring me. taken in London, United Kingdom by @adelezavagno

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