ATELIER AICHA ABBADI

Aïcha Abbadi
*1993, G.D. Luxembourg
lives and works in Berlin (DE)

Fashion | a. a system of social relations | b. a device for poetic expression | c. an existential smokescreen

critique, discuss, suggest, act | form collectives and cooperations | teach your skills locally | focus on the periphery | swap, repair, remake, support

Through theory and practice, Aïcha Abbadi explores fashion's boundaries and reflects on the discipline itself: its narrative potential and poetry, the industry's complex social relations, its ethical and environmental shortcomings as well as its optimism, dedication and potential solutions. Interested in niche fashion practices and alternative ways of making and being in fashion, she considers these contributions to be essential for a shift in perspective that interrupts fashion's main narratives.
She is also invested in neighborhood initiatives in Berlin that create shared community spaces and foster active participation, for creative, culturally and socially diverse environments.
Alongside these, since 2020, she has been assisting with research for contemporary art editions project ARS PUBLICATA, initiated by Schellmann Art, Munich.

PRESENTATIONS

2022 – Panel Talk – 'Zero Waste – Kunst und Wissen; Future Fashion - fair und nachhaltig? [Zero Waste – Art and Knowledge; Future Fashion – fair and sustainable?]', 19.10.2022, URANIA, Berlin (DE)

2021 – Panel Talk – 'Training for co-creation: Alternative narratives for a post-crisis world', Responsible Fashion Series: Can Fashion Save the World?, Online (BE)

2021 – Elevated Politics – boxed editions in collaboration with Julia Bajanova, Fashion Positions, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin (DE)

2021 – Problematising Fashion: Culture, Society & Meritocracy, Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design (UK) Online Session

2021 – This is an Intervention, State of Fashion (NL) Online Exhibition

2021 – Panel Talk – Future Scenarios for Crisis and Resilience, Design as Common Good – Framing Design through Pluralism and Social Values, Swiss Design Network, Online (CH) Conference

2021 – Panel Talk – Whataboutery 03: 'fashion against capitalism', State of Fashion, Online (NL)

2019 – Deep Fashion State of Mind book release, The Publisher, Berlin (DE)

2018 – Where are we now? Authorship in Design #2, Designtransfer, Berlin (DE) MA Graduate Exhibition

2018 – Searching for the New Luxury, Musis, Arnhem (NL) Conference & Exhibition

2013-2018 – Rundgang, University of the Arts Berlin (DE) Annual Open House

2017 – At the limits of perception and cognition, Schillerpalais, Berlin (DE) Group Exhibition

2013-2017 – Annual fashion show of the University of the Arts Berlin, various locations

2016 – The End of Fashion, Massey University, Wellington (Aotearoa NZ) Conference & Exhibition

2015 — KANAAN Food x Fashion x Music Fusion, Willner Brauerei, Berlin (DE) Intercultural/Interdisciplinary Event

EDUCATION

ongoing – why, what for and how, the world and its inhabitants

2018 – MA Design (Interdisciplinary), University of the Arts Berlin

2016 – BA Design (Fashion), University of the Arts Berlin