Hope Wang will present as a Praxis and Practice—A Digital Weaving Conference speaker on her artistic journey of accessing institutional equipment outside of institutional spaces and how that has shaped the ethos around LMRM, her Chicago-based weaving studio. Through sharing community access to weaving tools that have been pervasively inaccessible to artists, LMRM focuses on filling the gap of resources for artists working outside of institutional support.

LMRM recently acquired a TC2 jacquard loom and plans to broaden public access to the tool through an open studio rental program. LMRM’s mission is to provide equipment and spaces that encourage artists to experiment and expand their research in the discourse of contemporary weaving. Reflecting on her own digital weaving practice and its relationship to a tool often associated with high efficiency and labour-intensive production, she will discuss the importance of slowness, community, and the intrinsic tensions between resources and equity in the creative sector.