The 06th of December 2025 The Window was opened at the international Center Tilburg. Right in the heart of the city people gathered to share the process of Spoken Portraits. An exhibition with the photos Rafal made of Lane, Maria, Rodrigo and Patrycja, the paintings that Miguel created and the embroideries that were co-created in the CTRs.
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The Window hosted a panel of dialague and more than 60 people becoming a big embroidery room.
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Panel Discussion: Sense of Belonging
As human beings, we have a need that runs through us: to belong. During this panel, we had the opportunity to dialogue and open the conversation about it.
Before opening the panel, Judith, the host of The Window, and the guests had the opportunity to talk with the creative team of Spoken Portraits and at the end, Débora from Studio Bordeh gave to the team and panel members an embroidery designed and hand-made specialy crafted for the event.
Panel Voices:
Studio Bordeh in The Window
In October 2025 Laura contaceted Deborá from Studio Bordeh, and embroidery studio based in Noord Brabant, that focused on hand-made pieces with emotional content. The collaboration emerged after sharing some ideas. Deborá designed and created hand-made pieces with watercolor and embroidery as a gift to the team member and the panel members of Spoken Portraits, for all their work, energy, ideas and disposition invest in the project. ​
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When creating the layout for this embroidery, I envisioned different face silhouettes, each in a distinct color, to represent the diversity present in Tilburg. Each face occupies its own space within the map of the city — a symbolic space that affirms belonging, identity, and personal journey.
When seen together, these silhouettes not only coexist: they complete one another, transform one another, and build something greater. Just like the stories within the Spoken Portraits project, these faces intertwine to form the image of an international, plural, and vibrant city.
The result is a portrait that speaks about coexistence, contribution, and how each person, with their unique colors and contours, participates in the collective shaping of Tilburg.
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Débora Beckers
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