DANIELLE BURKE


Danielle Burke is an artist and folklorist. She studies textiles, craft pedagogy, and artist communities; her studio practice focuses primarily on the process of weaving.

She is currently a PhD student in Design Studies with a focus in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



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This projection invites the viewer to click through the slides and participate in the weaving and unweaving of a small cloth. The sound of the machine changing slides is closely related to the sounds of a loom as it lifts up and puts down threads; there is an “on” “off” binary wherein as you engage a particular slide/set of threads the rest are disengaged. As a carousel slide projector operates in the round, the process loops seamlessly through the buildup and breakdown actions. Each slide captures one step of the weaving process, beginning with the buildup of warp (vertical) threads and then to the accumulation of weft (horizontal). 80 total slides were made. The first 40 slides go through the process of filling the frame with woven cloth, the next 40 unweave and ends with a bare slide. Each slide was handwoven one at a time with sewing thread and cotton yarn.

80-slide physical animation, infinite loop







projector, projector slides, image, sound of changing slides
sewing thread, cotton string
80 total slides, each: 1" x 2"

DANIELLE BURKE


Danielle Burke is an artist and folklorist. She studies textiles, craft pedagogy, and artist communities; her studio practice focuses primarily on the process of weaving.

She is currently a PhD candidate in Design Studies with a focus in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



ABOUT