Unwoven Memories starts from an idea as simple as it is powerful: objects, too, hold memory. From Colònia Güell, a former Catalan textile colony, theca.studio sets in motion a process that transforms these material and emotional memories into a new woven language. Drawing on 400 objects spread across 40 spaces in the village — both public and private — the project captures their physical and emotional qualities through a series of binary questions translated into textile code. The result is a body of woven fabrics that not only represent the territory, but let it speak from within, unfolding an audiovisual experience in which collective memory takes on body, rhythm and texture.
Thinh Truong / theca.studio
theca.studio is a multidisciplinary studio working at the intersection of technology, art and social science to listen to and activate stories connected to people, cultures, places and materials. Their practice is grounded in the idea that everything around us — living or non-living — holds latent narratives, and that these can emerge through forms that are sensitive, imaginative and meaningful. With Unwoven Memories, Thinh brings this approach into the textile universe of Colònia Güell, creating a dialogue between memory, code and weaving in a piece that connects heritage, community and material storytelling.