Katya Berger: Let’s talk about oblivion.

John Berger: Is oblivion nothingness?

Katya Berger: No. Nothingness is formless and oblivion is circular.

These three garments were handwoven, using weave structures based off of those of the women who wove NASA’s circuit boards in the early 1960s (fondly known as the LOLs – Little Old Ladies). These copper circuits, in images, look edible and incomprehensible, are part of the system that powered the computers that sent astronauts to the moon. 

Examining the visions of space-wear and the future as projected by 1960s ideals, this garment collection seeks to marry visual signifiers of aesthetics as proposed in anticipation of the moon landing with the question - can we only confront the void when it is comforting to us? Round, soft shapes as representations of the potential of what exists in the unknown – who we could be when we reached the moon, as a society and as individuals, looking back, seemed hopeful and misguided. Using weaving, an ancient craft as well as the foundation for the computer’s binary system, the gaps and loops of these collection hold space for future projections as well as past truths.