{"id":2036,"date":"2025-06-17T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deaoli.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:39:08","slug":"faith-xlvii-sews-textiles-made-from-world-maps-and-currency-to-explore-the-veins-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/deaoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/faith-xlvii-sews-textiles-made-from-world-maps-and-currency-to-explore-the-veins-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith XLVII Sews Textiles Made from World Maps and Currency to Explore the \u2018Veins of the World\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our ever more globalized society, we have technology to thank for the unprecedented connectivity we enjoy, both in our ability to fly or sail practically anywhere and have face-to-face video chats from halfway around the globe. It’s easy to forget that the turn-by-turn directions we use on our phones or locations we tag on social media are all built upon time-honored analog maps that have been used for centuries. And forget virtual credit cards\u2014remember good old fashioned cash?<\/p>\n

For South African artist Faith XLVII<\/a> (previously<\/a>), cartography, money, and national symbols provide the foundations for ongoing series like The Deconstruction of Value <\/em>and Chaos Theory. <\/em>She cuts apart old maps, discontinued currency, and flags, sewing them back together into patterned tapestries. More than a dozen of these pieces will also be on view later this month at Heron Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Detail of “Chaos Theory XIII”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faith XLVII’s solo exhibition, Venarum Mundi<\/em>\u2014which means “veins of the world” in Latin\u2014examines “the economic and geopolitical systems that structure our world,” the gallery says. Through colorful, quilt-like pieces, the artist is interested in what shifts and shapes our global reality, challenging notions of value, borders, and history.<\/p>\n

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Venarum Mundi <\/em>opens on June 28 and continues through August 2 in San Francisco. Find more on Faith XLVII’s website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Chaos Theory XXIII”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Entanglement”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“The Deconstruction of Value IX”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of “The Deconstruction of Value IX”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“The Deconstruction of Value XII”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“The Deconstruction of Value X”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of “The Deconstruction of Value X”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Chaos Theory XX”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of “Chaos Theory XX”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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