This chat features Nicole Yi Messier who, along with Victoria Manganiello, created the installation, Ancient Futures, in which textiles are woven with optical fibers that collect, store, and visualize stories and secrets shared by viewers. The project is a modern re-imagining of ancient textile traditions that have held humanity’s secrets across time and space. Nicole Yi Messier and Victoria Manganieare two of the artists behind Craftwork Collective, a multidisciplinary studio for experimental craft techniques. The collective focuses on emerging technologies, manufacturing techniques, and novel materials to explore the nature of craft and its historical and cultural contexts.

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Show Notes

• See the mail art

• Video with information about the Ancient Futures installation

• Details about Ancient Futures at CultureHub