LAB 9.2: Mary-Anne McTrowe, Crocheting the Database
Mary-Anne McTrowe | Production image of Crocheting the Database, 2009.
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October 9, 2009 - November 22, 2009 Presented in conjunction with the Vision Into Reality exhibition, Mary-Anne McTrowe has produced a crocheted history of the Art Gallery?s entire collection derived from her interest in symbolic representation, taxonomy and systems of organization: ?My ?portraits? portray the Gallery?s collection as it is described through the filter of the database, and can be seen as metadata; information about information.? McTrowe emphasizes artifacts from Colin Graham?s era, culminating in a work comprised of approximately 17,000 stitches; additional ?portraits? focus on database categorizations, each taking the form of a crocheted chain approximately 400 feet long.
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