Carla Rebelo (PT)
Opening: 6 February 2026, 6:00 PM
Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026
Venue: Trenčín Castle – Barbora Palace (small hall)
In Barbora Palace, history can be read even without words – in surfaces, in the rhythm of the architecture, in the way light falls across the floor. Portuguese artist Carla Rebelo builds on this with the site-specific installation Barbora’s Thread, gently weaving together material, space, and memory. Without grand gestures, through details that ask for attention.
Within the historic interior, she introduces fragments of the original wooden floor from the Merina textile factory – a material saturated with traces of labour, movement, and time. These are complemented by her characteristic lines of threads and fibres, where the language of textiles meets drawing in space. The work unfolds directly on the floor and responds sensitively to the site – as if the space itself were a co-author.
Dialogue with architecture
The installation enters into both tension and harmony with the ceiling from the second half of the 20th century (often described as “cubist”). Rebelo works with the rhythm of the architecture, the lighting conditions, and subtle specifics of the hall: lines and fragments become a counterbalance to the geometry of the ceiling, transforming the room into a living, perceptible whole.
What the work is “woven” from
Wood bearing the patina of industrial memory (Merina)
Fibres and threads evoking the slow weaving of time
Shadows and subtle shifts of light that draw fleeting “lines” in space
Barbora’s Thread composes a whole from fragments and creates a “time outside of time,” where the present quietly intertwines with the past. It is an invitation to slow down and notice how large histories settle into the silence of materials – into wood, fibres, and shadows.
Practical information
Venue: Barbora Palace (small hall), Trenčín Castle
Duration: 7 February – 24 May 2026
Opening: 6 February 2026 at 6:00 PM
Admission is included in the visit to Trenčín Castle (according to the current opening regime and price list).
Photo and video documentation will be made during the event and may be published later.
