United by the tagline ‘Change is a Team Sport,’ Adidas Originals was looking to bring together a series of teams all over the world to celebrate 50 Years of Superstar. The teams were simultaneously brought together globally to deliver positive cultural change in areas of need. In Berlin, this came in the form of a unique project centered around female representation in the art world.
XCHANGE is an Adidas Originals initiative that supports female artists and allies. Even in 2020, women are still heavily underrepresented in galleries, auction houses, museums and public art. Our shared wish/challenge was to strike a movement to give female artists space and opportunity for their work to create cultural moments that influence social change, raise awareness and inspire our community. We partnered with Adidas and design agency AboutKokomo, to strengthen the representation of women in art.
Alongside high engagement across the social media posting,received widespread PR coverage in several prominent art and fashion magazines. The project was put on hold at the end of March 2020 due to COVID-19.
A final exhibition was held featuring artwork of available artists: Atusa, Denise, Kristina, Marie & Feline from 22-27 June.