NITX DE L'ART 2025

This year’s Nit de l’Art in Felanitx will see Call Vermell host a collective exhibition woven around an ancient and powerful thread: the act of weaving. Entitled Deesses Teixidores (Goddesses Who Weave), the show draws inspiration from the female figures of Mediterranean mythology who spin fates, worlds and stories: Arachne, Penelope, the Moira… But it also seeks to reveal another, more intimate and domestic reality: that of the countless women who, over the centuries, have made thread and needle a tool for creation, expression and community, even if this practice has too often been confined to the private sphere of the home simply because it was associated with the feminine world.​

Today, however, weaving is far more than an ancient gesture: it has become a contemporary language of resistance and reclamation. Thread and fabric can serve as metaphors for inclusion and diversity; strands that cross, tighten and nourish one another, just like non‑normative sexual identities, marginalized cultures, or voices that have often been rendered invisible in the history of art. In this sense, the exhibition challenges the hierarchy between “high art” and “craft,” reclaiming weaving as a noble practice, charged with social, political, and personal meaning.

It brings together the work of contemporary artists Adriana Meunié, Balbina Fullana, Jess MacCormack, Llanatura, Marta Font Genovard, Mateu torres, Mireia Coromina, Mònica Fuster, Valentina Silva, Sofia Binimelis, who explore the symbolic and material power of thread, cloth, and fibers. Their works invite us to consider how weaving can be a radical act of memory, care, and resistance, a way of tying together fragments of diverse identities and imagining collective futures.

And we cannot ignore our own reality: in Mallorca, Mallorcan identity coexists with constant tensions and transformations, often feeling like a minority in its own land. In this context, weaving also becomes a way to claim roots, bonds, and shared spaces: a metaphor for cultural persistence. 

But Deesses Teixidores is not only about ideas: it also seeks to revive the living practice and memory of weaving itself. Anyone who grew up in a village remembers the grandmothers sitting out in the cool evening air, embroidering as they kept watch and shared stories. For that reason, on the night of the exhibition we will launch a participatory artwork: a collective textile piece begun by the skilled embroiderers of Felanitx’s Seniors’ Home, who will share their knowledge with anyone who wishes to join.