Following a similar fabric, YURT Collective acts as a space where individuals with environmental sensitivities, a passion for making, and an interest in design and craftsmanship gather to reimagine the future of materials, tools, practices, and communities related to these fields.
Through creative production and discussions, the collective aims to delve into the ever-expanding ecologies in which humans are embedded and to foster caring relationships with human and nonhuman communities.
Just like living in a YURT, the collective aims to become part of the larger landscapes of related fields: creativity and coexistence, crafts and design, environment and sustainability. YURT aspires to function as a platform for knowledge exchange, tinker about textile materials and fibers, and develop new services, systems, and products, as well as new mindsets, behaviors, and habits. In the long term, its goal is to grow as self-sufficient individuals living in harmony with nature collectively.
It is open to everyone from any region of the world to participate in the forums, workshops, seminars, and exhibitions. Its nomadic style blends the online world with physical spaces.
Who We Are
A yurt is a space where Turkic people have lived for centuries. It is made of felted wool and wooden sticks, and its design allows for quick assembly and disassembly, which can support and facilitate the mobile lifestyle of the nomadic Turkic tribes. It is both temporary and permanent, becoming a part of the landscapes it moves around in.
A clan or an extended family shares their yurt. Each member contributes to the well-being of their community by bringing together their individual skills, knowledge, dreams, and compassion. The yurt serves as shelter for their physical needs and also as a creative living environment for crafting, storytelling, and poetry. When new members join a yurt, they are embraced with their individualities.
When the time for moving to a new location comes, Yurt is de-assembled, leaving no harmful trace behind it. People carry their creativity with them until they find their next stop. And when they do find the next temporary place, once again Yurt becomes part of the new landscape. Things that exist in this new surrounding shape the next chapter of crafts, stories and poems. This is how the community keeps growing.
