Thread by @boringoldguy

1/ It's time for some #artmiration - let's look at "Loom" by @annaluciacodes!

The project was released as project #213 on @artblocks_io factory on December 10, 2021.

#0 @annaluciacodes

2/ The artist has released other beautiful artworks, but it's this one that stayed on my mind since I first saw it.

The more I looked into it, the more I enjoyed it - not only because of the captivating visuals, but also because of what it represents.

#193 (SilverSurfer888)

3/ The project was inspired by the textile artworks of female aritsts who were part of the Bauhaus school of art.

The iconic, geometrical rugs and patterns these women designed weren't necessarily their chosen artistic medium, though.

#182 (brillo_box_)

4/ When Staatliches Bauhaus was founded, textile works and pottery were pretty much the only courses female artists could pursue.

Anni Albers, for example, always wanted to become a painter, and drew all her cloth designs in detail before weaving them.

#3 @RadhatterNFT

5/ @annaluciacodes has written a detailed and excellent thread about her project where she explains the inspiration and its technical background:

https://twitter.com/annaluciacodes/status/1467901325434306568?s=20&t=iCpN1L0gDoqOGZW2sj6wrA

6/ With "Loom", the artist shows the absurdity of expectations about what "feminine" art should be like.

She took the only way of artistic expression that was deemed appropriate for women by the patriarchy of their time, and transported it into a digital form.

#78 @r4v3n_art

7/ Despite efforts like @GirlsWhoCode, coding isn't generally regarded as something women "do" (even today).

Yet @annaluciacodes created an iconic artwork with code, and, in this way, made "Loom" a wonderful piece of feminist art.

#29 @pixelpete

8/ Through the way the artist recreated the physical weaving techniques, it is obvious that a naturalistic representation wasn't what she was after.

There (intentionally) are no shading and no anti-aliasing, and the images are recognizably pixelated.

#54 (LT_Holds)

9/ While some iterations look like digital representations of woven textiles, others resemble circuit boards.

We are meant to realize that this isn't one of the soft, perfectly woven rugs we have come to associate with female Bauhaus artists.

#79 @ZeroMol_

10/ Instead, @annaluciacodes included faults into the images - holes, tears, and distortions.

In this arbitrary irregularities, I see a rebellious defiance to *not* create another one of those nice, perfect pieces of traditional female art.

#30 @douglassNFT

11/ And I find more of this resistence against expectations of traditional beauty in the colours of the project.

Though the global palette was carefully chosen, the randomly assigned colours of some iterations show a harsh egde or monotony.

#196 (thebeautyandthepunk)

12/ No matter what the intentions, "Loom" consists of 200 beautiful, iconic images.

The project tells us to get rid of expectations of gender-appropriate behaviour and empowers women to do whatever they want.

I'm glad @annaluciacodes did!

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