Apr 11 2026 to Apr 11 2026 2 p.m.

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

This is a hand-stitching workshop guided by artist afra eisma and Karin Iturralde Nurnberg—at the heart of which is the idea of emotional repair.

Patches mend and reinforce worn garments, they can also represent healing, protection, and strength. Drawing on the theme of the warrior garments, participants are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and emotions, translating them into stitched forms. Through this process, making patches become more than decoration or repair; they become a way of reclaiming, protecting, and reimagining parts of oneself. 

afra eisma
afra eisma (b. 1993) lives and works between The Hague and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. eisma creates immersive, interactive installations composed of large-scale tapestries, colourful ceramics, and hand-made soft sculptures that invite touch, rest and connection. Their environments become spaces of hope and love—sites where imagination, care and solidarity take shape.

Using bright colours and playful approaches as recurring strategies, eisma engages with darker emotions and complex lived experiences. Garments hide activist reflections, becoming vessels to wear anger; a stomach transforms into a container for inner rumblings; elongated arms extend outward to hold you. Through such gestures, eisma creates room for ambiguity, reflection, allyship and emotional intensity—centring care and generosity as acts of resistance.

eisma views the imagination as a politically-charged terrain: a universal space for gathering, dialogue and mutual exchange. Their work also speaks about gender-based violence and mental wellbeing—issues often surrounded by silence or stigma. Through tactile, compassionate environments, eisma invites collective acknowledgement and dialogue around these experiences, creating spaces for conversations, healing, empathy and shared strength.

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Karin Iturralde Nurnberg
Karin Iturralde Nurnberg is an artist working with storytelling, performance and sculptural installations. She graduated from the Fine Arts department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and lives and works in Amsterdam. In her practice she embraces improvisation and the power of spontaneous performative and sculptural interventions, to re-arrange the world around her. Her work has been shown, among others at MAAC, Guayaquil, CAC, Quito, W139, Amsterdam, Systema, Marseille, Somalgors 74,Tschlin, Marwan, Amsterdam