As a means of liberating ourselves from formal studio constraints, this course invites participants to engage in woven cloth by any means necessary. Commonly understood as a controlled process bound by heavy tools and expensive equipment, weaving is, in fact, no more than the interlacing of pliable linear elements held under tension. We will begin by exploring mobile looms, including backstrap, inkle, rigid heddle, and tablet weaving. We will also consider alternatively constructed looms by way of found objects or architectural influences. Readings, lectures, critiques, and discussions will illuminate histories of weaving as a nomadic process, collective practice, and performative spectacle.Hybrid course sections will be delivered both online and in-person. Required online synchronous meeting times are listed as the meeting pattern for this course section. Additional course components will be delivered asynchronously or in-person as outlined in the syllabus.

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