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Material woven by participants as part of the durational performance, June 2013.
As a result of research trips to Ghana in 2012 and 2013, I became interested in weaving as it is practiced there. With the permission of my teacher, I attempted to recreate a Kente weaving loom in Berlin as part of the 48-hour Festival in 2013. The loom and the act of weaving were re-imagined as an alternative arbitration process that could help citizens address and resolve problems and disputes, without having recourse to a traditional legal court
![Photographic documentation from the project "Weaving the Social Fabric", by Meyrick Kaminski. Demonstration of the weaving loom and presentation, Berlin, June 2013.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/97693464-f880-43fb-82dc-1762ad6d30f1/f4291d66-7f21-4d42-9b12-b0f713c134e0_rw_3840.jpg?h=a9d43c1a707d226fc314a72791dc8c09)
Demonstration of the weaving loom and presentation, Pony Royal, Berlin June 2013. Photography © Dirk Schamuhn.
The act of weaving contains inherently within itself the act of reconciliation. And by extension the possibility for a greater reconciliation that takes place between participants, or within a community. As soon as warp and weft are combined, a magical process occurs whereby contrary strands, irreconcilable directions, are combined, tied and knotted together.
![Photographic documentation of the weaving loom at an early stage of construction. KunstStoffe Berlin, April 2013.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/97693464-f880-43fb-82dc-1762ad6d30f1/8bc9bb11-d008-4b9b-967b-c6e18569f1ae_rw_1920.jpg?h=11f97eb68a349669f4cf0b29b0b6e510)
The loom at an early stage of construction. KunstStoffe Berlin, April 2013.
Out of many opposing, independent strands comes a fabric, textile. This Stoffe is strong and cannot be torn or easily destroyed. It portrays decorative elements, designs, motifs that convey meaning. It is a communal manifestation that is more in its wholeness, than the sum of its parts.
![Photographic documentation from the project "Weaving the Social Fabric", by Meyrick Kaminski. Demonstration of the loom, Berlin, June 2013.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/97693464-f880-43fb-82dc-1762ad6d30f1/cc54af0a-1d41-48f4-bb8c-099f5b51d2b9_rw_3840.jpg?h=1d1b747b430183630bb225af5d151b14)
Demonstration of the loom, Pony Royal, Berlin June 2013. Photography © Dirk Schamuhn.