Memories of Future Fires, by Tali Weinberg
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As a part of our What’s on Your Loom series, here’s featuring the works of artist and weaver Tali Weinberg! Weinberg’s work explores relationships to the earth, to the places we call home, and to each other within the context of ever-worsening climate crisis. Weinberg tells us more…
Works…
My current practice grapples with intersections of illness and climate crisis and the interdependence of ecological and human health. I interweave petrochemical-derived materials, plant materials, climate data, and landscape imagery to draw connections between rising temperatures, fossil fuel extraction, and the buildup of toxic plastics in the earth, water, and our bodies.
The images included here are of works-in-progress for a new series, “Memories of Future Fires:” abstracted landscapes for places transformed by climate crisis, and woven on a the TC2 loom. These pieces start with photos I took of trees in a fire-decimated landscape in the Pacific Northwest. I digitally abstract the images, reducing the landscapes down to their fundamental shapes, then rematerialize them with plant fibers and petrochemical-derived monofilament. As explorations of grief and loss, the finished transparent monofilament weavings will hang, ghost-like, in space. In the complete series of three 8-foot murals, the abstracted tree forms also evoke hearts and lungs—interweaving references to life-sustaining circulatory systems that are both internal and external to the human body.
About…
Tali Weinberg’s work is held in public and private collections and is exhibited internationally. Recent exhibitions include the University of Colorado Art Museum, 21C Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, 108 Contemporary, and the Center for Craft. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Surface Design Journal, the National Resource Defense Council’s (NRDC’s) onEarth Magazine and literary Journal Ecotone. Select grants and residencies include: a Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Serenbe Fiber-Focus Fellowship, Lia Cook Jacquard Residency, SciArt Bridge, Museum of Art and Design, Windgate Fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, Sculpture Space, and grants from the Illinois and Oklahoma Arts Councils, among others. Weinberg has taught at California College of the Arts, University of Tulsa, Penland School of Craft, and lectures and gives workshops throughout the US.
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(This project was supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency)
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