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Shannon Swinburn

shannon.swinburn@gmail.com

@shanswinburn

Shannon Swinburn (b.1993, Portsmouth, UK) is a Textile Artist based in London.

Dedicated to exploring the intrinsic connections between gender, textiles, and modern-day computing. Her work aims to highlight the often-overlooked contributions of women in emergent technology, utilizing speculation, counterfactual histories, and material storytelling to bring these narratives to the forefront.

Awards and Residencies include:
The Sarabande Foundation Studio Residency (2024-2025),The Blackhorse Workshop Residency
(2024) The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Prize (2024),The Textile Society Student Bursary Award (2024) The Haberdashers’ Scholarship RCA (2023)

Education:
MA Textiles, Royal College of Art
BA Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins

Give Me Guidance
2023
Steel,Cotton, Wool,

‘Give Me Guidance’explores the contribution of skilled craftswomen during the formation of the Apollo Guidance Computer, through the hand weaving of Core Rope Computer Memory Modules (CRCMM), the project aims to platform untold stories of the role of women in the progression of emergent technology and the journey to reach the moon.By creating a new interactive & participatory loom, inspired by the original NASA CRCMM frame, that seeks to remember the craftswomen and highlight their contribution.

This first iteration of the loom is inspired by the frame originally used to craft the computer modules and was developed to include an interactive sound element.