behind locked doors

For the Summer-Winter semester 22/23 we changed classrooms in order to collaborate with the pupils of the JSA (Jugend Strafanstalt) Berlin. Working in an environment behind locked doors, without our phones, without internet and without the tools we normally take for granted was an exciting challenge.

Social and circumstatual issues to do with imprisonment are the subjects the students were exploring  through their projects, developing concepts which were translated into garments and accessories. In short weekly workshops we did explore the creative force and energy of the participants from each intstitution. For example a sneaker workshop as well as body and fashion related exercises.

Leif Kessler

Credits:
Fotografie: Lili Cirksena
Model: Kiarash Amourizi Varnamkhasti