craftnouveau

During Art Blocks Weekend in Marfa, three new @trameparis collections based on generative technology demonstrated how code can be combined with traditional craft to bring digital artworks to life in exquisite ways... 🧵 1/7

TRAME is a collaborative studio and curated gallery to discover and collect limited-edition design and art with digital provenance.

2/ Desert Threads: Weaving Tradition and Technology intertwined the visions of digital artists Ix Shells, @fingacode and @lindadounia with the heritage craft of Moroccan artisans, opening a powerful dialogue about technology and tradition across continents and cultures.

Designer turned artist who sometimes writes ans curates

erratic keyboard tapping & mouse clicking 📧 hello@fingacode.com

Content Strategist @trameparis | Editor & Copywriter, trader, also Fashion Designer, art lover, book collector, and sunshine seeker

3/ Their tapestries, based on their own generative codes, showed off the depth of the artistic visions through varying textures and material combinations.

4/ A Thousand Layers of Stomach by A.A. Murakami pondered the intersection of nature and technology through an algorithm that replicated the natural processes of Asari clam shell formation.

5/ A.A. Murakami's on-site knitting machine translated the artist-generated code into an ongoing textile piece with endlessly changing designs, capturing the evolutionary beauty of the clam’s mesmerizing array of shell patterns.

6/ Punks in Marfa: Reflections on Counter Culture reimagined the CryptoPunk digital art tokens as timeless works of art in Venetian mirrored glass, engaging viewers with both the crafted world of the past and the digital art shaping our future.

You can read more about these collections and others at trameparis.com.