Glitch weavings are an exploration of the correlation between women’s bodies and computer software. Each piece is hand woven in the traditional craft of weaving, which has historically been considered “women’s work.”
Just as computers glitch as they become obsolete, women have historically been similarly devalued during and after the menopause transition, per the patriarchal medical literature. Postmenopausal women are often overlooked or ignored by the male gaze.
The perimenopause stage is not dissimilar to a glitching computer system; our biological systems are also glitching. Despite society’s dismissal and of menopausal women, this transition marks not a devaluation, but a system upgrade. We glitch so that our systems can update, so that we can become Version 2.0.
