HANA MILETIĆ – DIVERSIONS
2026-02-02The exhibition features a site-specific installation comprising suspended jacquard-woven curtains and new floor works from her ongoing hand-woven Materials series. As with her earlier exhibition at The Approach, Patterns of Thrift, this exhibition also hints at the location of the gallery in Bethnal Green, which has a rich history connected to weaving and textile production.
By using a jacquard loom to produce the curtains, Miletić is able to create more complex patterns, and at a much quicker pace, compared to her regular technique of weaving by hand. Historically, jacquard looms used punch cards to automate the production of woven patterns, and it was from this lineage that the binary system of 0s and 1s evolved to become the fundamental organising principle for early computing. The chequered pattern is based on the transparency grid found in image editing software such as Photoshop, which underpins all digital images today. Like the transparency grid, the curtains oscillate between opacity and invisibility. Through this work, Miletić brings the connection between weaving and computing full circle: while the fabric pattern suggests a digital editing tool, that precise technology would not have been possible without the loom on which it was made.
Opposite – Materials, 2025-26
Exhibition runs through to February 21th, 2026
The Approach
1st Floor, 47 Approach Road
Bethnal Green
E2 9LY London
