This page is part of a series of pages detailing the talks and workshops scheduled for the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025 taking place on 22 February in the Absolute Hotel. To see the whole programme, go here.
Talk Title: Lightsome
Talk abstract: Saidhbhín Gibson’s presentation will be an introduction and screening of her video piece Perpetual Glow. She will give insight into the making, and incorporation, of needlepoint lace in her visual art practice. The lace created exemplify key themes in her work including highlighting the interconnectedness of humans and the more-than-human, and paying attention through detailed and haptic making.
Still from the video Perpetual Glow – Saidhbhín Gibson, 2023
Bio: Saidhbhín Gibson is an Irish visual artist whose work explores the framing of the more-than-human world for, and by, contemporary society. Multifarious methods of production are employed including video, photography, thread-based techniques, hand-made assemblies and drawing.