Vintage silk kimono fabric, cotton, cotton threads, embroidery threads.
500 x 67cm
2022
This scroll permanently preserves remnants of vintage kimonos used in earlier artworks. Whereas digital archiving might allow other works to live on in virtual collaborations and NFT projects, these fragments required physical preservation to survive. The scroll format and arrangement of these sewn pieces was inspired by the historical mystique of historical preservation as well as modern manga comic strips, connoting a continuity between past, present, and future storytelling. Operating as both artwork and archive, this work explores the complementary roles of digital and physical preservation - honoring what can only be saved through material presence and tactile memory.
Vintage silk kimono fabric, cotton, cotton threads, embroidery threads.
500 x 67cm
2022
This scroll permanently preserves remnants of vintage kimonos used in earlier artworks. Whereas digital archiving might allow other works to live on in virtual collaborations and NFT projects, these fragments required physical preservation to survive. The scroll format and arrangement of these sewn pieces was inspired by the historical mystique of historical preservation as well as modern manga comic strips, connoting a continuity between past, present, and future storytelling. Operating as both artwork and archive, this work explores the complementary roles of digital and physical preservation - honoring what can only be saved through material presence and tactile memory.
