Being interwoven, entwined, even entangled is in the nature of textiles. The thread that Anette Baldauf and Katharina Weingartner pick up in LACE RELATIONS leads from the west of Austria to Nigeria, which has long been one of the Vorarlberg textile industry’s most lucrative markets. The research they conduct leads to the unravelling of unexpected connections between prosperity in the Alpine region and colonial power relations. In cooperation with Joana Adesuwa Reiterer and Chioma Onyenwe, a film was created from two perspectives, between Lagos and Lustenau; as it unfolds, this two-sided material is revealed as a vehicle of capitalism and dominance, of transformation and empowerment.