Renata Gaui and Francesca Rodriguez Sawaya (Weaving X Coding): Born in 2017, Weaving X Coding is a fruit of the collaboration between Francesca Rodriguez Sawaya and Renata Gaui, through which they explore the relationship between textiles and new technologies as a way to demystify both practices. For the last years these explorations have translated into numerous workshops, two exhibitions and collaborations with other creatives on the intertwined history of weaving and computational thinking. As artists and designers, Renata and Francesca’s personal practice have been instigating the power of emerging technologies as tools of empowerment that can challenge narratives around female identities, culture and communities.
Weaving X Coding will share how their experimentations with textiles and emerging technologies led them to uncover craftsmanship’s influence on technological advancements, and how this became a focal point of their artistic practice.