Blanket

“Blankets are very intimate objects; they become extensions of bodies as territories, not only keeping body marks in their use, but also keeping care memories of various and different sorts. Blankets not only wrap up from the cold; they wrap up personal losses, human emotions and broken lives. Besides being objects to be used, blankets are usually objects made, from a line of yarn to a whole flexible surface but also they are made when carefully mended in times of partial destruction. There is a particular beauty in this making practice, since the body through repetitive and togethering gestures projects its own personal shelter - life is organized in this textile making.” – Tania Pérez-Bustos

Tania Pérez-Bustos researches technologies of doing and caring. She is Associate Professor in the School of Gender Studies, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá (UNAL), Colombia.