Jessica Priemus
https://doi.org/10.60152/m5n1t1cx
Abstract: This essay examines weaving as a practice that foregrounds imperfection and irregularity, positioning these qualities as both material traces and critical tools. By focusing on mistakes, glitches and uneven rhythms in woven cloth, it proposes that such moments of error act as resistance to industrial ideals of perfection, efficiency and mass uniformity. Drawing on architectural theory, including tectonics, Gothic traditions and Bauhaus thought, the paper situates weaving within broader systemic structures, where the grid of cloth becomes a pliable field for experimenting with order, failure and care. Through the lens of the personal and the embodied, weaving is framed as a counter-production process that elevates irregularity, reclaims the presence of the maker and offers speculative possibilities for rethinking how value, knowledge and labour are woven into material and social systems.
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How to cite this Paper (Harvard referencing style):
Priemus, J. (2025) ‘Weaving Error: Imperfection as Resistance in Material Practice‘, in R. Bogdanović (ed.) On Architecture — Crosscutting and Fusion of Disciplines, Proceedings. Belgrade, Serbia: STRAND, pp. 212–220.
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