Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science

McNamara, Rebecca

ISBN 10: 1636810403 / ISBN 13: 9781636810409

Published by DelMonico Books/Tang, 2023

About this Item

Minimal wear to cloth. Internally very clean. Binding tight. Note that the covers are actually flexible cloth covered boards. 224pp For centuries, fiber arts have influenced sciences as diverse as digital technology, mathematics, neuroscience, medicine and more. Radical Fiber explores this relationship through contemporary art and historical artifacts that address five key themes: shape, machine, body, brain and community. How did the accidental discovery of synthetic mauveine dye in 1856 pave the way for modern pharmaceuticals while also generating toxic waste? Why do we respond differently to a woven photograph than a printed one? These and other questions reframe the fiber/science intersection and ask how the medium can be used to improve our world for the future. Size: 200mm x 255mm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science
• Publisher: DelMonico Books/Tang
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636810403
• ISBN 13: 9781636810409
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Art (Post 1900)

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Synopsis

Can crochet explain the complexities of non-Euclidean geometry? How does the 1804 Jacquard loom relate to modern computing? Radical Fiber celebrates the overlap between art, science, interdisciplinary creativity and collaborative learning

Published with Tang Museum.

For centuries, fiber arts have influenced sciences as diverse as digital technology, mathematics, neuroscience, medicine and more. Radical Fiber explores this relationship through contemporary art and historical artifacts that address five key themes: shape, machine, body, brain and community. How did the accidental discovery of synthetic mauveine dye in 1856 pave the way for modern pharmaceuticals while also generating toxic waste? Why do we respond differently to a woven photograph than a printed one? These and other questions reframe the fiber/science intersection and ask how the medium can be used to improve our world for the future.
Radical Fiber features a new artwork created by amateur and professional makers around the globe: the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring. Alongside numerous unidentified artists, additional artists and creators include: Lia Cook, Brock Craft, Veronica Dry, Anna Dumitriu, Ellis Developments, Hanne Kekkonen, Kintra Fibers, Elaine Krajenke Ellison, Karen Norberg, William Henry Perkin, Helen Remick, Dario Robleto, Daniela Rosner, Samantha Shorey, John Sims, Soft Monitor (Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman), Daina Taimina, Cecilia Vicun?a and Carolyn Yackel.