Trinidad-born, London-based artist Aasha John presents 'As I Weave' at Autograph in London, an exhibition emerging from her Visible Practice Residency. The show features woven photographic works created by cutting, interlacing, and hand-weaving family photographs, integrating oral history and textile practice to explore memory, migration, and diaspora. The exhibition runs from 3 to 6 June 2026.
The exhibition matters because it reframes the archive as a site of care and emotional labor rather than mere preservation. By making memory tactile and deliberately incomplete, John challenges conventional narratives of diaspora and familial loss, offering a nuanced meditation on how absence and distance shape identity across generations.