Did you know that there is a link between 19th-century woven coverlets and modern computers?
The link is explored in “Technological Textiles: Computing History and Decorative Textiles,” the current exhibition in the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College.
Some of us still remember that early computers used punch cards to store information. Long before then, Joseph-Marie Jacquard developed a loom that was controlled by similar cards that were used to create highly complex woven patterns.
Curator Lauren Churilla explained the process during a Jan. 17 opening reception for the exhibition, which runs through June 12. She also said the show is a forerunner of the first show planned for the college’s new art gallery, scheduled for an April opening.
Art gallery curator Andy Julo said the inaugural exhibition will feature works by Roman Verostko, co-founder of the Algorists, a group of artists who create code-generated imagery known as algorithmic art.
A Tarrs native, the 90-year-old Verostko is a former monk of Saint Vincent Archabbey and former teacher at Saint Vincent. He lives and works in Minneapolis.
Seen at the reception: Corey Churilla, Ishmael Solomon, Jim and Mary Ann Dunlap, Frank Costa, Pam Curtin, Bruce Shirey, Stephen Churilla, Fred Dawson and Kate Ferri Dawson and student greeters Catherine Votovich and Logan Seybold.
