![]() They were all very precious to me and I always treasured the power or the significance of being sent an image, either a nude or just a passing memory of someone, especially because I didn’t grow up with iPhones. I found myself obsessing over every image I ever sent and received. Why did you choose tapestry and not, for example, photography? It started to fascinate me how we feel freer to say things or to show things on the internet that we aren’t as comfortable doing in real life. The screen created this barrier that made people forget that they were human. I realized that all these onlookers recording the scene and no one was actually engaging and helping. But then I was observing how life unfolded online and I came across this video of this person dying in a car accident. I started using images of my childhood-35 millimeter photographs, basically. How did you decide to incorporate the internet in your work? I found weaving in college, so, pretty late. I was sewing from around age eight and working with beading and collage. ![]() Riley: I spent a lot of time in chat rooms, socializing, but I was pretty solitary and I was also a maker. Can you tell me about that tension, and how you found your process while growing up?Įrin M. The Creators Project: You basically grew up on the internet, but you work in a millenniums-old medium. The Creators Project talked to Riley about growing up on the internet, weaving fans’ selfies, and how her art helped her learn to embrace her own body. The collection, her largest yet-some tapestries are as large as 8′ x 8’-depicts important and traumatic moments from Riley’s personal life and deals with the artist’s battle with trichotillomania, a compulsion for pulling out one’s own hair. ![]() ![]() ![]() Riley’s new series, 18/bi/f/ma, opened last week at Brilliant Champions Gallery. Her work is exceptionally honest in its portrayal of female sexuality and the cultural obsession with images of the self. In depicting her own body and sexuality, Riley has learned a lot about feminism, herself, and the internet. In a world where Snapchat nudes disappear in seconds, Riley documents vulnerable modern moments with a medium that lasts. For the past few years, Riley has investigated internet culture through the historic art of weaving. Using her own nude selfies, fan-submitted images, and internet porn, Riley has created a series of tapestries that redefine the artform completely. Since approximately 300 BC, tapestries have been revered for their places on walls around the world, but their ancient history and ability to last for centuries doesn’t intimidate Erin M. ![]()
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