BASE OF THE STAIRS
at
Central Library
Brooklyn, New York
October 4 – November 4, 2024


What threads of collaborative remedy are possible amidst the fabric’s unravelings?

From October 4 to November 4, 2024, equipped with a hundred-year-old sewing machine mounted on a portable wagon, I took up residence at the stairs of Central Library in Brooklyn offering to fix tattered garments for free.

The problem was: I didn’t know how to sew. As the collective reckoning of the U.S. Presidential election loomed, “The Mend” invited neighbors and passersby to attend to careworn clothing – and our common threads. Will the community work together to fix what it doesn’t know how to fix? “The Mend” blends conceptual performance with community-based art offering audiences a chance to repair the proverbial fabric in the face of its great unraveling.

Conceived and Performed by Brandon Woolf
Wagon Master and Scenic Collaboration: Susan Barras
Dramaturgical Collaboration: Maxwell Flaum

Special Thanks to:
Tina Petereit, Thalia Woolf, Béla Woolf, David Froman, Stephen McFadden, Stew Stewart, Dennis Johannßen, Ivy Woolf Turk, Kelly Woolf, and Konrad Klapheck.

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