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detail of handwoven net
Exhibition
just opened
Carriers, by Alexandria Douziech
Opening: Tomorrow, 12:00 - 14:00
16 Sep 2024 – 18 Oct 2024
Regular hours
- Monday
- 15:00 – 19:00
- Tuesday
- 11:15 – 12:45
- Thursday
- 11:15 – 12:45
Free admission
Address
- Los Angeles Valley College
- 5800 Fulton Avenue
- Los Angeles
California - 91401
- United States
Carriers is a sculpture and video installation that honors both historical and contemporary women who sustain the world through agriculture. Drawing on Alexandria’s family history with cash crops and plantation labor, the work offers a deeply personal perspective on food production.
About
At the heart of Carriers is a large net made from rice, wheat, corn, sugarcane, soy, palm, banana, pineapple, coconut, sorghum, hemp, and flax fibers. Alexandria enlisted the expertise of artist Portia Roy, who used a traditional spinning wheel to transform the fibers into nearly 1,000 feet of cordage. Alexandria then wove the ropes into a 15' x 30' cargo net, designed to be suspended from the ceiling of the LAVC Gallery. The labor-intensive process of interweaving these plant fibers speaks to both the interconnectedness of global crops and the often overlooked, quiet labor inherent in "women’s work."
An accompanying video documents the meticulous preparation of these plant fibers—peeling sugarcane, washing palm fibers, and shredding wheat stalks—alongside the spinning and weaving process. Alexandria’s narration ties these activities to broader themes, reflecting on women as carriers of plant knowledge, seeds, and crops.
