TEXERE: THE SHAPE OF LOSS IS A TAPESTRY

TEXERE: The Shape of Loss is A Tapestry
Commemorative images and text offered from users of TEXERE, LED Tiles
Dimensions Vary
2022

Allegra’s TEXERE: The Shape of Loss Is a Tapestry is a living, interactive memorial to losses of all sizes in our lives. A garden of hanging tapestries acts as the canvas for writing and images projected in the gallery space. The glowing weavings are bodies of light in the darkness, guiding the viewer through expressions of loss. Each of the tapestries shown represent a different loss: a loved one to a virus, a ring, sleep, a sense of home, respect for someone who once helped you, experience of a child as a baby now they are older, a loved on to cancer and forests to wildfire.

The tapestries are updated in real time from TEXERE, a collaborative web platform developed in partnership with Sassafras Tech Collective. Visitors may contribute to the exhibition with their own experiences via the site. The result is an ever-evolving installation that changes with new entries from people around the world.