"I see myself first and foremost as a weaver working at the intersection of craft and technology. As an Angeleno, I grew up learning how to weave in the Wixárika tradition of my matriarchal bloodline by watching my mother and my grandmother."
"That allowed me to see and understand patterns line by line through textile. I was also always fascinated by cameras, media, capture and resolution-and understanding them from a weaving standpoint."
"It's about challenging the hierarchies that isolate these disciplines, whether that be craft versus technology or human versus non-human."
Sarah Rosalena's artistic practice is influenced by her family's diverse background, including her grandfather's work in astrophysics and her Wixárika heritage. She combines craft and technology, serving as an associate professor at UC Santa Barbara. Rosalena's work aims to subvert colonial systems through innovative methods. Her latest project for LACMA features a 27ft tapestry that transforms satellite imagery into woven structures, blurring the lines between land and cosmos. Her approach emphasizes the importance of weaving in understanding patterns and challenging disciplinary hierarchies.
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