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Semi-Set Vertical Blue
Stroll up the stairs as you scan this 20-foot-long tapestry inspired by the infinite capacity of the internet.
Exhibited from March 28th, 2018 – March 8th, 2019
Stroll down the stairs while you scroll up three floors of a digitally woven blue screen.
Explore the infinite capacity of the internet in this 20-foot-long tapestry by Allyce Wood. Like building a website, weaving a tapestry allows the designer freedom to continue an image or idea beyond the limits of a page.
“With computer-based media, the visual is built through lines of code, programming and directives being written out line by line. Tapestries are similarly built.”
Allyce Wood — Artist, Semi-Set Vertical Blue
For this piece, Allyce sourced generic photographs of items like coils, chicken eggs, and golden rings. These symbols were then simplified and arranged like clip-art, stamped across the surface, and layered amongst her own marks. After compiling these new icons into a single design, she worked with an industrial textile factory in western Norway to weave the final work on a digital Jacquard loom. Through this process, she created a visible connection between machine-made and hand-made histories.
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