Statement:
I examine the glitches in reality through the mathematical materiality of weaving and traditional textile processes. As the ancestor of the modern computer, the loom's relationship to pixel and screen are unavoidable: the 0s and 1s of binary code are a direct descendent of the overs and unders of woven threads. A woven image exists in the liminal space between screen, drawing, and photograph.
Using figures from popular culture programs (including the most recent season of the reality television series The Bachelor) as source material for my woven images, I address the drive to create idealized simulations in order to better understand one's own reality and identity. Natural dye and traditional weaving processes in combination with digital weaving technology allow me to literally integrate the juxtaposition of analog and digital elements which defines a woven image.
Dye work and pattern allow for large gestural drawing marks, while individual threads overlap to create a literal pixelated image. I examine the act of weaving as the creation of screens through which one can see, hide or obscure. I similarly question the role of the observer of an alternative reality and examine the choice to participate in, construct, or re-create a simulation.
Website:
sashabaskin.com
Details:
"The Rosette"
Digital and hand-woven cotton, silk, and rayon, rosette overshot patterning, natural dye, screenshot from The Bachelor (season 22)
2018
"The Rose Ceremony"
Digital and hand-woven cotton, silk, and rayon, rosette overshot patterning, natural dye, screenshot from The Bachelor (season 22)
2018
"The Rose"
Digital and hand-woven cotton, silk, and rayon, rosette overshot patterning, natural dye, screenshot from The Bachelor (season 22)
2018
