Woven stories

This structure is based on content coded in VHS tapes — taken from their spools, woven into a thick, slippery, and reflective fabric. The installation was built of recordings chosen by the artist, belonging to family and acquaintances. Joining them into one surface symbolically resurrects the past, in the form of a spiritualistic séance. It comes from the desire to create a community of images from having watched the same programs, cartoons, advertisements, and films.

— Marta Lisok, Curator of the exhibition Second Skin at The Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland

The work was presented in the group exhibition Second Skin at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź (19 May–3 September 2023), and subsequently in Second Skin. Encounters at KODE Lysverket, Bergen, Norway (14 October–26 November 2023).

photos: Filip Rybkowski