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Yara Veloso (1993) is a multidisciplinary artist working with themes including technology, perception and materiality. With a background in programming, her practice is marked by an investigative approach in which digital and physical systems are not regarded as opposites, but as deeply intertwined. In earlier works, Veloso employed coding, video, web-based media and installations. Over the past year, she has turned her attention to textiles, and specifically to weaving – a medium that for her, functions as a new framework within which to further explore long-standing interests.
Central to Veloso’s work is the question of how technology shapes our perception and our relationship with the world. She approaches this question holistically: computers do not exist separately from the body or from nature, but are made from tangible materials such as metal and silicon – derived from sand – that are extracted from the Earth. The loom is a precursor to the modern computer, as it likewise operates using a binary system that enables the reproduction of information. By working with this craft, Veloso underscores the historical connection between weaving and digital systems.
Veloso reflects on the binary logic of computers – without a hesitant space in between – into weaving structures in which the front and back of the fabric form mirrored counterparts. Her installation Algorithmically Numerical Perfect Digital Corporeal (2026), in which the textiles are presented in steel frames, foregrounds the tension of the ‘in-between’ – an ambiguity that reflects the ecological entanglements between humans and computer systems.
Written by Kelly-ann van Steveninck