Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
2023
I dwell in the relationship between technology, biology, digital tools and traditional textile practices. In my work I use digital weaving, laser cutting, circuitry and biofabrication to create work that utilize the language of mechanical production and lab based processes while maintaining a tenderness and sense of care that is associated with handcraft. My process is an act of collaboration, combining my own hand, aesthetic sensibilities and instincts with the machines and organisms I work with. I explore the relationship between technology and ecology by abstracting references to nature through digital processes. In doing this I am asking myself what it means to view nature through the lens of computational systems.
This line of questioning has led me to the world of biotechnology, where scientists are navigating what it means to attempt to control and program biology. I have recently collaborated with the scientist, Rebecca Shulman, at Johns Hopkins to create weavings reflecting her research with synthetic DNA. My current research involves integrating hormones I have extracted from my body into permeable, bioplastic garments. I am interested in using art to explore the poetics of science. Through my work, I bring to life speculative applications of new technology and invite critical discussions in examining boundaries between textile historical references, tactile craft objects, digital fabrication and abstract concepts in biotechnology.
Riley Cox is a multidisciplinary artist from North Carolina, currently living in Baltimore, Maryland. Their work uses digital weaving, laser cutting, circuitry and biology. They utilize the language of mechanical production and lab based processes while maintaining a tenderness and sense of care that is associated with handcraft. Their process is an act of collaboration, combining their own hand, aesthetic sensibilities and instincts with the machines and organisms they work with. Riley explores the relationship between technology and ecology by abstracting references to nature through digital processes, asking what it means to view nature through the lens of computational systems. Their work brings to life speculative applications of new technology and invites critical discussions, examining boundaries between textile historical references, tactile craft objects, and abstract concepts in biotechnology.
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