SIMONA KOCH

Human Fabric #2

Installation with knotted yarn (about 60 000 m) | dimensions about H 500 x L 350 cm |
drawing: 450 x 100 cm | 2016

With the transfer of genetic information from generation to generation we are imperceptively in connection with the past and with all humans that are living today – like a mycelium.
With the series “Human Fabric” I am showing a tiny section of this network of relations by researching my own familial connections – with over 2000 people so far.

Human Fabric #2 is an object knotted with yarns in makramé-technique, containing all direct forefathers that I was able to research till now – with 119 individuals in 14 generations. The strands are winding in helix form from the past, generation by generation, until today where they end in a final knot that unites all of the yarns.

The drawing of a family tree serves as construction plan.