Fabric Actions: Ephemeral Fabrications and Guerrilla Textile Art

Fabric Actions is a Berlin-based creative project and artistic initiative that transforms textile waste into powerful urban interventions and studio pieces. Rooted in guerrilla textile activism, the project reclaims public spaces to expose and critique the fashion industry's cycles of overproduction, disposability, and systemic privilege. By utilizing street-found fabrics and discarded materials, Fabric Actions creates ephemeral compositions that serve as both ritual and protest, challenging conventional ideas of value and permanence in the Global North. The project is a continuation of the work established by the upcycling brand Therapy Recycle & Exorcise. It is deeply informed by the immigrant narrative of its creators, specifically drawing from experiences in Argentina during the 1980s and 90s. This background of material scarcity shaped a practice focused on mending, repurposing, and necessity, which stands in stark contrast to the disposable culture of modern consumerism. Fabric Actions produces works that resemble textile 'vomit' or oversized brush strokes—chaotic, spontaneous, and urgent. These installations are placed directly in public environments or on found wood, inviting reflection on consumption, climate change, and the restoration of meaning. Through its participation in events like Cultural Threads 2025 at PLATTE•Berlin, Fabric Actions continues to bridge the gap between visual arts and sustainable fashion, making waste visible in both physical and digital realms to inspire systemic change.