The Stitching Hour—Weaving is a performance piece by Levon Kafafian.
Levon Kafafian is a multidisciplinary weaver, writer, poet, and performance artist based in Detroit, Michigan. They are the co-founder of the Fringe Society, an experimental art collective that’s working to create an interdisciplinary artistic environment for marginalized communities to thrive.
They’ve created 2 collections of handwoven wearable sci-fi fantasy pieces, the Summoner and the Vanagad Spirit, for Shaded Knot that are available for purchase.
For a full offering of their abilities and works, visit their website and Instagram.
My work is a dance between the cosmic cycles of Instagram and immigration, what comes to life in aimless doodles scribbled while on the phone with friends overseas, in the octave of transformation. I value the roots of my tradition but am not bound by figments of an idealized past. There is no home to return to; and it does not sadden me for the journey elsewhere is more interesting.
Section from Kafafian’s Artist Statement
Video and images of Kafafian's art and a performance piece titled The Stitching Hour—Weaving.
