#Wunderbar Window Exhibition Series // Cut the Rope
In this edition of the Window Exhibition Series titled: CUT THE ROPE four artists are expressing their thoughts and words through the medium of textile. Can you feel the personal cultural journey in fabric? Scream in rage with crochet stitches? Challenge the patterns of heteronormativity, that are so often omitted, in a tapestry? Textile is not only the medium in these works, it’s also the main storyteller, the performer and the conversation.
Society is a quilted blanket, loud with patterns and textures, it’s often stitched together by norms and rules, that are bound to be questioned. These four artists take a fresh look on our life, they cut the rope and rearrange the fabric of reality we live in.
WORM invites you to explore the world of textile play through the Windows of Wunderbar. Do you catch yourself wanting to tug on the loose strings, pull the rope, brush your hand against the intriguing texture? Who knows what could happen if the glass suddenly disappears. Join us in wondering and questioning on this opening evening. Walk through the exhibition and join us for dinner at 19:00. The exhibition will remain in the Windows for two months.
Cut the rope! And break the rules
INTRODUCING THE ARTISTS
Maaike Knopert uses textile to challenge the patterns we live in. Through her work, she explores these patterns—both societal and personal. Her work is an invitation to look closer: at the textures of daily life, at the things that connect us, and at the gaps where voices still need to be heard. With a playful yet intentional approach, she transforms textiles into more than just materials—they become storytellers and conversation starters.
By challenging norms and exploring how we as a society can break the heteronormative rules laid before us, embracing queerness as an essential part of the narrative.
Carla Menas is an artist from Cyprus with Lebanese and British roots who focuses primarily on participatory gatherings & events, performances and sculpture. Using mostly found objects and repurposed ingredients, the goal is to reveal the beauty of simple, everyday memories and restructure formal Western behaviour (doe niet normaal). She often enjoys taking an intimate look at the clashes of her own cultural, residential and ancestral customs also. Needless to say, there is always a hint of playful commentary, and an enticing need to interact whether that be with the work itself, or with the surrounding audience.
Robin.jpeg is a multidisciplinary artist who started as an illustrator but decided to explore fiber and with that, working in 3D, during her graduation from art school. Bright colours and simple shapes are things that always return in her work, no matter the medium. Her works look joyful, silly and soft in the face of the political and societal problems that are often the topic. The balaclavas she makes started as and continue to be a protest against climate issues and the current state of surveillance in the Netherlands.
Lili Ullrich (b.1993 in Frankfurt / Main) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam and Kassel. She works in performance art, video, installation and sculpture. Their works, which often have a tufted element, are an expressions for possible utopian futures. Her practice explores vulnerability and the Knowing Body, a term emphasizing on the knowledge and wisdom of the body. They graduated from Willem De Kooning Akademie in Fine Art and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt in Acting. Her work has been shown at Het Nieuwe Instituut, WORM, screen_ and Showroom MaMA amongst others.