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TALK: Repairing a Jacquard Loom - Ballarat Central

  • Arts Incubator 36 Camp Street Ballarat Central Australia (map)

Ticketed Event. The Jacquard Loom Network is hosting an In Conversation event on the practices of repair, maintenance, and community. Our speakers — key members of the Network — will discuss what it means to maintain 18th century logic and 20-year-old circuitry as an act of collective care: reconnecting people to production, cultivating respect for materials, and building a resilient knowledge network in the face of generational and industry contraction.

Audiences are invited into the conversation to explore how shared responsibility for a machine's "nervous system" reflects broader values embedded in textile and craft work.

This event marks a significant chapter in the Jacquard Journal, the ongoing record of the loom's restoration. The group look forward to sharing this story — and its future — with the public.