Grounded Theory/Crying with soft eyes
Summary
Ground Theory/Crying with soft eyes displays a body of hand woven, low resolution pictures in fluffy overgrown pixels that raise difficult questions about textile production and child labour. A catalogue was produced by Ingela Almgren at KA Almgrens Silkmuseum with a written introduction by tapestry weaver and former honorary Professor Annika Ekdahl.
Supported by
K A Almgrens Silkmuseum
Description of project
See attached
Description of work included
6 hand woven tapestries:
Child Picking Cotton in Uzbekistan (2017)
An unfinished piece titled Display (2016)
Rana Plaza – The Collapse (April 24th 2013) (2015-2016)
At the Shore of Amygdala (triptych) (2015)
Type of work
Solo exhibition
Published in
November 2017 – January 2018
K A Almgrens Silkmusem, Stockholm, Sweden
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Date
2017Creator
Röndahl, Emelie
Keywords
textiles
labour
digital to analogue
storytelling
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng