Okupile smo se oko ljubavi, okupile smo se zbog bijesa. Okupile smo se oko šivaćih mašina, škara, igli, konaca i vune u svim bojama slobode i samoodređenja. Okupile smo se kako bismo izašle na ulicu i poručile: Mi dolazimo ujedinjene! Kako bismo marširale za i sa ženama diljem svijeta, za sestre i braću u pokretu, u isčekivanju azila, u skrivanju, zatočeništvu, deportirane i one koji više nisu s nama. Krojile smo tjednima, beskompromisno ušivavale svaku nit, svaku boju, svaku emociju. Jer želimo poručiti: Ne možete nas sve pobiti!
Nekoliko dana prije proglašenja koronavirusne epidemije u Hrvatskoj i uvođenja karantene, žene iz kolektiva Žene ženama marširale su ulicama Zagreba s transparentom "Ne mogu nas sve pobiti – love & rage". Sedam metara dug transparent sašiven od komada tkanine, šarene vune i konca nastao je na desetotjednoj radionici Krojimo za noćni marš koju je za kolektiv vodila umjetnica Selma Banich. Sudjelovanjem u Noćnom maršu u organizaciji feminističkog kolektiva fAKTIV, mnoge žene iz kolektiva obilježile su Međunarodni dan žena po prvi put. Kolektiv Žene ženama djeluje u okviru programa Bez granica udruge Živi atelje DK od 2016. godine, a povezuje žene kojima je Zagreb dom i one koje su iz svog doma morale izbjeći i potražiti ga drugdje. Žene ženama dobitnice su Nagrade Nada Dimić za 2020. godinu.
> We gathered around love, we gathered because of rage. We gathered around sewing machines, scissors, needles, threads and wool in all the colors of freedom and self-determination. We gathered to claim the streets and state: We come here united! To march for and with women around the world, for sisters and brothers on the move, awaiting asylum, in hiding, captivity, deported and for those who are no longer with us. We tailored for weeks, without compromise, stitching together every thread, every color, every emotion. Because: You can't kill us all!
> A few days before the coronavirus epidemic was declared and lockdown in Croatia started, women from the Women to Women collective marched the streets of Zagreb, carrying the banner "They can't kill us all - love & rage". The seven-meter-long banner sewn from pieces of fabric, colorful wool and thread was created during a ten-week workshop, Tailoring for the Night March, led for the collective by artist Selma Banich. By participating in the Night March, organized by the feminist collective fAKTIV, women from the collective celebrated International Women's Day, many of them for the first time. The Women to Women collective has been operating within the No Borders program of the Živi atelje DK association since 2016, and connects women who call Zagreb their home, as well as those who had to flee their home and settle down elsewhere. The Women to Women collective received the Nada Dimić Award for 2020.
Foto: Josip Bolonić - Joža(Noćni marš - 8.mart, 2020) & Visite Festival (Antwerp, 2022)