Spin Club Stories is a mixed-media reintegration of history, environment, society and self in an interactive dialog spanning centuries. Reclaiming the artform and impact of women’s handiwork, Astrid assembles collages of images and textiles, perforated with hand embroidery. Sourced from family heirlooms, she figuratively empowers her ancestors—and ultimately herself—to transform the future.
In this conversation, Astrid discusses, among other things:
Rediscovering culture
Culture as kaleidoscope
Selecting elements to tell her story
Textiles and embroidery as connective tissue
Allowing materiality to lead process
Considering art vs. craft
The role of “women’s work”
The shifting boundaries that define identities
Working with lost knowledge
Memory as a key to the future
Healing power of art, craft and story
Creating new visual language via abstractions
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