Mika Tajima at 11R Gallery

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From sounds recorded at a textile factory in Bally, PA and computer data sites, Mika Tajima and a textile designer worked to translate sound waves into visual patterns. Old technology – the mill uses jacquard looms (a punch-card system invented in the early 1800s) – meets new in a beautiful abstract textile that looks like a screen interrupted by interference. (At 11R Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 13th).

Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Bally Ribbon Mills NASA Carbon Fiber 3D Weave, Pink, Single), cotton, wood, acoustic baffling felt, 37 x 27 ½ inches, 2015.
Mika Tajima, Negative Entropy (Bally Ribbon Mills NASA Carbon Fiber 3D Weave, Pink, Single), cotton, wood, acoustic baffling felt, 37 x 27 ½ inches, 2015.