August 11 - 21, 2020
A solo exhibition of textile work by Mery Godigna Collet.
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“Mery Godigna Collet defines her Textile Poems as a desperate reflection and a need to make sense of realities.
Not everything is in plain sight. The Textile Poems refer to hidden processes such as how matter of different densities react to each other in search of balance. Through a thermal camera, she captures the way water or air of different temperatures blend into each other. The spontaneous image is a metaphor for the constant flow in the Universe.
For this body of works, Japanese silk has been selected because of its larvae to moth origins, its history dating to the Neolithic and its physical characteristics; luster, strength, durability and lightweight.
Through the selected materials (silk and natural pigments) and the selected technique (thermal imaging and digital printing), the artist recreates the relationship between tradition and modernization.”
The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River Street
Austin, 78701 TX
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