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The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

The Center for Craft is excited to present a solo exhibition of patchwork textiles and inflatable sculptures by the Ohio-based fiber artist. Adrian’s volumetric, pneumatic work transports viewers into artifice, desire, and worldbuilding. Drawing from rich legacies of queer fiber art & theory, the exhibition features monumentally scaled works that physically respond to viewers presence by filling with air.

The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

March 13, 2020

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October 9, 2020

Mar 13, 2020

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Oct 9, 2020

Photo by Flint Born. ©

Weaving lies at the heart of the Information Age. Many cite the Jacquard Loom as inspiration for the first computers. Yet this is where most histories stop, a move that positions craft's influence on technology as a curiosity. This exhibition challenges this narrative, highlighting women who worked with technology and textiles before the rise of personal computing. Works by Janice Lourie, Sonia Sheridan, Sonya Rapoport, Lia Cook, and Katherine Westphal highlight the shared concerns and approaches that unite textiles and technology. The Computer Pays Its Debt tells the missing stories of women’s creative contributions to early computing while scrutinizing how corporations leveraged metaphors of craftwork and domesticity for commercial gain.

Cover image: "Sarah Haskell weaving on a computer-aided loom that is running the Weave Master software," Family Computing Magazine, Nov. 1983. Photo by Flint Born. © Every effort has been made to locate the owner of the photograph.

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Janice Lourie

Sonia Sheridan

Katherine Westphal

Sonya Rapoport

Daniela Rosner

Lia Cook

Helen Remick

Brock Craft

Samantha Shorey

Liza Stark

Kayleigh Perkov

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Cherokee, NC

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Lucille Lossiah

Ramon Lose

Cullowhee, NC

ᏯᏗ ᎺᏂ Betty Maney

Cherokee, NC

ᏗᎳᏂ Dylan Morgan

Cherokee, NC

ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary W. Thompson

ᏎᎳᏂ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Sarah Thompson

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The Center for Craft is excited to present a solo exhibition of patchwork textiles and inflatable sculptures by the Ohio-based fiber artist. Adrian’s volumetric, pneumatic work transports viewers into artifice, desire, and worldbuilding. Drawing from rich legacies of queer fiber art & theory, the exhibition features monumentally scaled works that physically respond to viewers presence by filling with air.

You can still sponsor RIPSTOP by contributing before July 12, 2024. Donate today for your opportunity to be recognized during the opening reception on July 26, 2024, and on the exhibition's Title Wall. To underwrite this exhibition, please donate now.

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The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.
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On View

The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

On View

The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

On View

The Computer Pays Its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985

Cover image: "Sarah Haskell weaving on a computer-aided loom that is running the Weave Master software," Family Computing Magazine, Nov. 1983. Photo by Flint Born. © Every effort has been made to locate the owner of the photograph.

Lia Cook

Brock Craft

Janice Lourie

Sonya Rapoport

Helen Remick

Daniela Rosner

Sonia Sheridan

Samantha Shorey

Liza Stark

Katherine Westphal

About RIPSTOP

Janice Lourie

Sonia Sheridan

Katherine Westphal

Sonya Rapoport

Daniela Rosner

Lia Cook

Helen Remick

Brock Craft

Samantha Shorey

Liza Stark

Janice Lourie

Sonia Sheridan

Katherine Westphal

Sonya Rapoport

Daniela Rosner

Lia Cook

Helen Remick

Brock Craft

Samantha Shorey

Liza Stark

Curatorial

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.‍Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

Thank

you to the

Virginia A. Groot Foundation

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Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation

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makng these residencies possible.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.‍Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

RIPSTOP is supported, in part, by Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.
‍
Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.
‍
Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.
‍
Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.