Things I Do Sometimes: Grate Cheese, 2020, tapestry and electronics, 87 x 68 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Step in Gum, 2020, tapestry and electronics, 90 x 74 x 14 cm
My work combines weaving with mechanics to document micro social systems. Using systematized observation, I make pieces that try to highlight small human moments from a playful, existentialist viewpoint. Inspired by writers like Samuel Beckett, I try to do my best with what I have, reducing my experience in a time of overwhelming saturation.
Things I Do Sometimes: Scroll Through Stuff (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Sit Ups (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
I do this through my recent series: “Things I do Sometimes”. I start with listing in a scientific-like approach, moving left to right in a regularly occupied space, listing every action to do with an object; scroll through phone, charge phone, lock phone, forget password. I then pick an item, and convert it into a moving tapestry, often weaving it, then using motors to animate the piece.
Things I Do Sometimes: Walk Up Stairs (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
The result varies, sometimes they work consistently, other times they only work for a few seconds. This results in the art being stable; in the form of a mechanical tapestry, or unstable; in the form of a short video and the tapestry pieces archived.
Things I Do Sometimes: Grate Cheese, 2020 (video version), tapestry and electronics, 87 x 68 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Step in Gum (video version), 2020, tapestry and electronics, 90 x 74 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: May to September 2020, 2020, video, dimension variable
The purpose is to examine these daily moments and highlight their importance despite their inconsequential nature. By making the work mechanical the complexity of each moment is transcribed, by weaving these moments, the importance of them is retained.
Things I Do Sometimes: Grate Cheese, 2020, tapestry and electronics, 87 x 68 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Step in Gum, 2020, tapestry and electronics, 90 x 74 x 14 cm
My work combines weaving with mechanics to document micro social systems. Using systematized observation, I make pieces that try to highlight small human moments from a playful, existentialist viewpoint. Inspired by writers like Samuel Beckett, I try to do my best with what I have, reducing my experience in a time of overwhelming saturation.
Things I Do Sometimes: Scroll Through Stuff (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Sit Ups (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
I do this through my recent series: “Things I do Sometimes”. I start with listing in a scientific-like approach, moving left to right in a regularly occupied space, listing every action to do with an object; scroll through phone, charge phone, lock phone, forget password. I then pick an item, and convert it into a moving tapestry, often weaving it, then using motors to animate the piece.
Things I Do Sometimes: Walk Up Stairs (Archived Version), 2020, pen, pencil, typewriter on paper, 44 x 31.5 x 3 cm
The result varies, sometimes they work consistently, other times they only work for a few seconds. This results in the art being stable; in the form of a mechanical tapestry, or unstable; in the form of a short video and the tapestry pieces archived.
Things I Do Sometimes: Grate Cheese, 2020 (video version), tapestry and electronics, 87 x 68 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: Step in Gum (video version), 2020, tapestry and electronics, 90 x 74 x 14 cm
Things I Do Sometimes: May to September 2020, 2020, video, dimension variable
The purpose is to examine these daily moments and highlight their importance despite their inconsequential nature. By making the work mechanical the complexity of each moment is transcribed, by weaving these moments, the importance of them is retained.