The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design's (CCCD) Benchspace
Gallery & Workshop announces its summer exhibition, WARPED, featuring
six internationally based textile artists exploring connections between sound
and weaving.
"WARPED brings together an
innovative selection of art works from the US and the UK." Says
exhibition curator and CCCD Assistant Director Marilyn Zapf. "Asheville's
thriving music scene will appreciate the groundbreaking ways these artists,
designers, and composers are working at the intersection of sound and
weaving."
Practitioners have long
observed the relationship between sound and weaving. Appalachian master
weaver Lou Tate (1906-1979) remarked how the weaving draft pattern resembles
the five line musical staff. Both composing and weaving are time-based
endeavors that require significant planning, and are often recorded with the
intention of being repeated, replayed, or replicated.
The artists in the exhibition
continue to investigate this intersection. Artist Alyce Santoro takes a
material approach; weaving audiocassette tapes into an audible
cloth. Nadia-Anne Ricketts and Christy Matson work with spectrograms, or
the visual representation of sound waves, in their wall hangings. Conversely,
composer Chris Kincaid translates weaving techniques, drafts, and patterns
into sound, creating a six-movement arrangement for strings and
electronics. Finally, Alayna Rasile-Digrindakis and Raisa Kabir
investigate the loom as an instrument that can be used either to silence or
give voice to the maker.
Featured artists include: Raisa Kabir (London, UK), Chris Kincaid (Louisville, KY), The Little Loomhouse (Louisville, KY), Christy Matson (Los Angeles, CA), Alayna Rasile-Digrindakis (Philadelphia, PA), Nadia-Anne Ricketts (London, UK), Alyce Santoro (Fort Davis, TX)
EVENT DETAILS
Opening
Reception: Friday,
June 10, 2016, 6 - 9 pm
'Re-weaving
Narratives', Artist's Talk with Raisa Kabir: Thursday, June
23, 2016, 6:30 pm
Location: Benchspace
Gallery & Workshop at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, 67
Broadway Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Admission: Free
Exhibition Dates: June
10 - August 20, 2016
Gallery Hours: Tuesday
- Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm
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