BTB23: Eva Sajovic,
Eva Sajovic in collaboration with Nicola Privato.
#end_of_empire is an interactive, site specific large scale installation of knitted photographs with incorporated touch sensors and an AI generated musical score.
The project explores themes central to the artist, Eva Sajovic’s work: colonialism, the climate and ecological crises, the role of the artist in imagining alternative futures, and the need for collaboration with the “more-than-human”, including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
By taking symbols of imperial power, commonly set in imposing stone, and translating them into soft fabrics to be interacted with, the project alludes to a future transformed.
Artist Eva Sajovic has been working with local participants and the musician Nicola Privato. During the exhibition (October 2023) a programme of events will be delivered around the project’s themes.
#end_of_empire is commissioned by the In-Situ and the British Textile Biennial (BTB) for BTB23 in Nelson, Lancashire.