Mad Weave - exhibition — PARDICOLOR

MAD WEAVE

GERIMIS Art Project

“It is said that the mad weave got its name from allegedly causing madness in lesser skilled weavers…”

Meet indigenous weavers from the Malaysian Peninsula in this online exhibit featuring excerpts from the zine Mad Weave. You can purchase the full zine in paper copy directly from GERIMIS Art Project, where a portion of the funds will go to indigenous Malaysian communities.

Read a Q&A with Wendi Sia, Sharon Yap and Sebastian Heng of the GERIMIS Art Project.

Meet the weavers

Steps 1 - 8 of the Mad Weave

The flow of time

“Before the factories came, you could hear the tiger calling, mengaum…aum…”

“Each craft embodies the soul of its maker.

These are techniques passed down from mother to daughter, from tribe to tribe, across generations, and it takes patience and passion for one to master the art of weaving.

These are crafts that carry a memory from time immemorial, an ancient knowledge that persists time, but could it be in its final breaths?”

You’ve reached the end of this section of Mad Weave.

Read Solastalgia by GERIMIS Art Project.

To read the full zines in paper format, you can purchase copies directly from GERIMIS Art Project where a portion of the funds will go towards supporting indigenous communities in Malaysia.