One of the most important contemporary artists working in Europe, Annette Messager fragments images and language to explore the concept of fiction, the dialogue between individual and collective identity, and the social issues of normalcy, morality, and the role of women. In her work she forcefully illustrates the idea that all things — a child’s beloved toy, a photograph, a piece of embroidery, a word with seemingly unambiguous meaning — can be transformed into objects of potent expression.
Sally Mankus
Ghada Amer
(other work)
Lauren DiCioccio makes exiquisite soft sculptures, primarily fabric reproductins of everyday objects that are slowly becoming obsolete (newspapers, lined paper, watches, etc) . I love that she leaves her pieces very messy, with the loose threads sort of emphasizing the care that went into creating each object. I really like her organza trash bags, the reproduction of these temporary disposable objects in a very delicate, high effort materials is really beautiful.
Her website is here.
Thinking about conductive fabric, I started wondering about its consumer applications, as well as it’s use in the diy craft scene. It’s amazing how willing people are to put up patterns and tutorials on the internet. I ended up finding this musical puppet, using a really fun and interesting machine called a Drawdio. While I wouldn’t say this puppet takes complete advantage of the Drawdio’s capabilities, it’s still pretty cool.
Drawdio
Puppet
Recalling an artist we looked at earlier, Do Ho Suh, I was drawn to his ability to create such an unusual space using fabrics extending from the ceiling. Studio Lilica is another group of artists who explores ways of creating sculptural pieces or lightings using fabric that extends from the ceiling. 
I find both aesthetic and metaphoric beauty in the extension of fabrics at a mass scale. The environment it creates is very mystical, putting you at a setting simliar to a deep forest full of trees overwhelming, with path of shadows on the ground. They are both environments you can only experience in vey specific places.
Ronan And Erwan Bouroullec are another architects who create overwhelming space using textiles.
“This is a modular room-dividing system called Clouds consists of textile pieces held together with elastic bands to make free-standing or hanging structures, which can be used to divide space and absorb sound.”
It seems evident that when we use fabrics/textiles sculpturally, we percieve the material in a completely different way from seeing them as a material for clothing.
(My documentation is not very good. At all. Apologies)
A simple swing installed between walls, that suspends me just below the ceiling and just above the ground, existing between multiple somewheres.
This is my party, and you aren’t invited.
This is not yours, this is for me.
Do not try to find me, I don’t know if I want to be found.
While this knot museum isn’t exactly in walking distance, it was fun to browse through the website. It’s always so interesting to find people or places so devoted to something we often see as trivial or unimportant.
Here ya go.
