Tablecloth
We look at the tablecloth as an object with many meanings. It is the common feast attribute, it is a part of tradition and culture. It is one of the most recognizable and commonplace textile objects. The tablecloth keep traces of human conversations, quarrels and celebrations. In ancient Greece, the tablecloth was compulsory because only slaves ate at the table without a tablecloth. It is especially interesting to pay attention to it in the post-pandemic world, when feasts and face-to-face socializing are dramatically changing.
Each artist presented her own tablecloth and vision of the communication process. What unites the project is the common tablecloth created by the participants, a narrow path symbolizing the ontological culmination. It is our space for communication, metaphysical and plastic. Each of us brings a piece of herself, and participants from abroad send pieces of their tablecloths. The viewer can recognize the characteristic features of a particular author.
The project is complemented by timelapses, videos and photographs documenting the "life" of the Textile Laboratory: regular calls, zooms, correspondence, exchange of information and opinions, and, less frequently, face-to-face meetings and exhibitions.
Each artist presented her own tablecloth and vision of the communication process. What unites the project is the common tablecloth created by the participants, a narrow path symbolizing the ontological culmination. It is our space for communication, metaphysical and plastic. Each of us brings a piece of herself, and participants from abroad send pieces of their tablecloths. The viewer can recognize the characteristic features of a particular author.
The project is complemented by timelapses, videos and photographs documenting the "life" of the Textile Laboratory: regular calls, zooms, correspondence, exchange of information and opinions, and, less frequently, face-to-face meetings and exhibitions.
