Recorded Talks & Interviews

“For most of us, pieces of plastic and junk mail are just that – junk. But for Tali Weinberg, these materials are the makings of art. Her art, and her commitment to draw attention to the world’s ecological crisis, go hand in hand. Weinberg will be the artist-in-residence during March at the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency. She’ll spend that time exploring The Mill at Vicksburg, a redevelopment project of the former Lee Paper Mill. The historic mill was an economic driver of the village until it closed in 2001. It’s been renovated to become a hub for the arts and entertainment. For Weinberg, it will be the inspiration for an art project. “I’ve been making work in response to the climate crisis for about eight years,” says Weinberg. “Before that, my work was addressing things like labor and gender violence and other social justice issues. I came to working around the climate crisis because I saw it as directly connected to or exacerbating all these other concerns that I have.” During Weinberg’s residency at Prairie Ronde, she expects to create a series of works woven from wastepaper and other found materials into forms that explore the relationships between people, trees, industry, and waste.

Presented alongside The Data Imaginary: Fears and Fantasies exhibition, this public facing, interdisciplinary symposium brings together artists, designers, creative arts researchers as well as professionals from the film, digital media, and data science sectors to explore the applications and effects of data, and how we can engage with data in critical, playful, empathetic, and empowered ways. 

Panel 3, Climate Data: Andrew Gall, Geoff Hinchcliffe, Mitchell Whitelaw and Tali Weinberg (18 min mark), Chaired by Beck Davis

Join the panel as they explore multiple modes of representing the effects of climate change and acknowledge the ways in which the enormity of reducing greenhouse gases, renewing forests, and protecting coastlines and other ecosystems can register emotionally as panic and fear.

Between Belief and Reality: Revealing Water Crises in Textile & Sculpture

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 10am EST via Zoom, free with registration. RSVP here

How do artists transform scientific observation to reveal the realities of water crises in the face of denial, dismissal, and inaction?

In their sculptural artworks on the impacts of water insecurities, both Vibha Galhotra (India) and Tali Weinberg (USA) reach beyond documentation to create artworks that layer emotion, cultural heritage, and activism. From revealing the Yamuna River’s tangible toxicity using ghungroo bells in Vibha Galhotra’s Flow sculptures to reinscribing scientific data on drought, illness, and temperature changes in Tali Weinberg’s Woven Climate Datascapes, these artists employ beauty, shape, and color to prompt viewers to examine the gaps between their perceptions of water crises and their entangled realities. In this conversation, the two artists discuss their investigative creative processes and share artworks that subvert viewers’ expectations and transform visible realities into emotional understanding.

@formandconcept Live Artist Talk: Tali Weinberg
@tali.weinberg talks about her artworks in our politically-themed fiber art exhibition, the non-binary qualities of weaving, the subversive language of textiles and more with Gallery Director @santafeshuffle.

Artists Interpret Climate Data: Linda Gass & Tali Weinberg-Surface Design Association

How do we respond to the effects of climate change, pollution, and contamination of our water resources? What will inspire us to change our behavior? California artist Linda Gass will take you on a multi-media journey for a behind-the-scenes look at the research, concepts, and artmaking process of her artwork and how she addresses these questions. Tali Weinberg will be sharing work from her Datascapes project, a series of weavings and coiled sculptures interpreting climate data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as abstracted landscapes and waterscapes.

North Carolina Museum of Art in Dialogue: Environmental Art in a Time of Crisis

Anita Fields, Yatika Star Fields, and Tali Weinberg, Facilitated by Nancy Fields