Blueprints For Luddites

Guimarães, PT 2022

Two cyanotypes of drawings on old cotton fabrics

40cm x 30cm each





These blueprints propose a neo-ludditism that takes back control from automated processes in the textile industry and remind us that the industry still poses a danger, may be not for our livelihoods as it was back then when the Luddites were active but now for our environment and planet.

Produced and exhibited at Contextile 2022 Contemporary Textile Art Biennial. Guimarães, PT. Curated by  Cláudia Melo.



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Cyanotype of drawings that depict a modern weaving machine and a hammer attached to a robotic arm. Above is a drawing for a surreal machine that is unweaving a fabric instead of creating it.
Research image of luddites breaking an early industrial loom
A human hand and a part of a weaving machine work together or one is handing over the thread to the other gaining control.

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