OREGON ARTS WATCH: WEAVING THE FUTURE: JOVENCIO DE LA PAZ AT HOLDING CONTEMPORARY
Jovencio de la Paz, A Languid Meter (2021). TC2 handwoven cotton, canvas, acrylic. 48″ x 48″.
Why shouldn’t we think carefully about our relationship to the machines of this world? Cumulative Shadow shows us that we do have some control over how we engage with and shape technology—de la Paz’s software remains a tool while also taking on its own creative life. Through the invention and evolution of artistic tools, de la Paz reinvigorates their medium’s original purposes. Weaving has always been connected to language, movement, and history. In de la Paz’s work, it also forecasts our future.