Cut From The Same Cloth: Textile & Technology
Palo Alto Art Center, CA, USA
Free admission
Group exhibition featuring artists:
Aziz + Cucher, Guillermo Bert, Daniel Canogar, Windy Chien, Lia Cook, Tara de la Garza, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Ahree Lee, James Lanahan, LigoranoReese, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Hideo Mabuchi, Clive McCarthy, Jordan Nassar, Casey Reas, Laura Splan, Susie Taylor, Aiko Tezuka.
This exhibition is guest curated by independent curator Christine Duval.
Textiles have not only fueled the creative inspiration of artists throughout history, they also have provided the catalyst for technological innovation. Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French merchant, invented the “jacquard machine” in 1801, which simplified the manufacture of textiles and later became the inspiration for IBM’s first computer introduced in the 1940s and 1950s. This exhibition investigates the many unexplored relationships between craft and technology and demonstrates, through the work of a group of artists, how contemporary art practice has seamlessly embraced both. Innovation provides the touchstone of tomorrow. Emerging technologies in artificial intelligence, data collection embedded in threads, and new production methods are currently being applied to the apparel industry. At the same time, weaving and tapestry are making a return as a vital art practice of the 21st century.
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