| “Technology
as Catalyst: Textile Artists on the Cutting Edge”
“Digital
Dazzlers…” (The Washington Post)
“Technology
as Catalyst: Textile Artists on the Cutting Edge”
exhibition, presenting six contemporary textile art using innovative,
cutting-edge digital technology, was named by the Washington Post
one of top ten 2002 art exhibitions in Washington D.C.
On display
September 18 - December 13, 2003
Reception:
Saturday, October 4, 4-6 p.m.
Preview for Friends of the RVF Art Museum: 3:30 p.m.
Special
Gallery Event:
“Technology as Catalyst: Individual Viewpoints”
Saturday, October 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
RVF Art Museum and VA 101 Auditorium
Event
Program:
11-11:30 a.m. Time for individual viewing of the exhibition
11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Presentation of the exhibition by Rebecca
Stevens, Consulting Curator, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
12:10-12-50 p.m. Lunch Break
12:50–2:30 p.m. Presentations by participating panelists
2:20-3:00 p.m. Discussion
Speakers:
Rebecca
Stevens, exhibition curator
Lia Cook, artist in the exhibition
Carol Westfall, artist in the exhibition
John Nava, artist, author of the tapestries at
the Los Angeles Cathedral
Free Admission/
Lunch available per earlier request: $10.00
Please call Sharidy Cunningham
at (909) 537-7373 or e-mail her at scunning@csus.edu to make reservations
and lunch requests.
“Technology
as Catalyst: Textile artists on the Cutting Edge”
exhibition, organized by the Textile Museum in Washington D.C.,
features the work of six topnotch contemporary fiber artists, Susan
(Wilchins) Brandeis, Lia Cook, Junco Sato Pollack, Cynthia Schira,
Hitoshi Ujiie, and Carol Westfall. All the artists use and continuously
experiment with innovative textile techniques using the latest technology
in equipment and processing. The exhibition, curated by Rebecca
A.T. Stevens, Consulting Curator, Contemporary Textiles, The Textile
Museum, was initially presented at the Textile Museum February -
July 2002, and then at the Gallery of Art and Design in Raleigh,
NC September-December 2002.
“Technology as Catalyst” explores the role of newest
digital equipment used for printing and weaving in creating art
that builds on traditional textile concepts. The exhibition illustrates
how the digital technology liberates artists from limitations traditionally
associated with the production of textiles and serves as a catalyst
for constantly pushing the boundaries of contemporary textile art.
While emphasizing advanced technologies and their impact on contemporary
weaving, Rebecca Stevens points out that “the equipment does
not make the art…it is the hands and minds of creative people
who draw on their knowledge of our shared textile past while embracing
the methods of the present.” With the available technology,
the artists can expand the scale and content of their art, use multiple
resources, as well as quickly manipulate and test ideas before making
the final work. Freed from some of the physical demands of the traditional
textile production, they can concentrate more time and energy on
the creative process itself.
Textile art has always been very adaptive to new technologies and
tied to tradition at the same time. “Weaving has stayed vital
and relevant because it has mutated and adapted to the new technologies
of every era” observes Bhakti Ziek, author of the exhibition
catalogue essay. “It has been an inclusive growth, seamlessly
building on its previous incarnations so that each new ‘edition’
is compatible with the previous release.”
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