Fri, Sep 1, 12:00 PM — Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 5:00 PM
Weaving Pavilion is a multi-sensory artistic initiative examining weaving as a collective generative process and form of social reproduction. The project asks, What kind of labor is it to work with our bodies, movement and unique expressions within a communal setting? Does transforming oneself with others create infrastructure? And if so, how might we better understand the cultural force of such practice? In this project the community is invited to learn weaving. While in residency at MiniMart City Park the artist will build on past weaving-gatherings with a focus for participants to collaborate on a large-scale installation generated by the woven textile.
Sign-up here for dates and to reserve your loom to join the next weaving-gathering. No previous experience needed.
Weaving Pavilion premiered in 2020 in Seattle public parks with support from 4Culture. The weaving-gatherings are free to the public and take place on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people. The project welcomes all and respects everyone regardless of age, ability, ethnicity, race, religion, philosophical or political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
Lisa Liedgren Alexandersson (b. 1966 Lund, Sweden) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Seattle. Working in a range of media, her practice investigates themes of materiality and identity through the lens of cultural language and the formation of social systems. Her recent solo-exhibition BOTH. AND. explores the overlap between abstraction and cultural language. Referencing her Scandinavian roots, Liedgren Alexandersson adapts 1960’s Swedish weaving instructions into works that blur the line between objects made for domestic use and the language of painting.
Link to weaving-gathering Sign-up form: https://forms.gle/2a17Bg6uWtVXR2zq7
Link to artist website: www.lisaliedgrenalexandersson.com
Instagram: @lisaliedal
