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Goa Open Arts Festival, 2026
Goa Open Arts presents 'Linear Fragments', a series of 12 handwoven works by Medha Khosla in the group exhibition 'Threads Through Time: Textile Art from Goa' at the Goa Open Arts Festival from Feb 20th - 25th, 2026. Highlighting textile art from the region, this exhibition moves between archival histories and contemporary experimentation, revisiting Goa's lesser know textile traditions and viewing fiber as a sculptural and conceptual medium.
Through the 'Linear Fragments' series of works, Khosla seeks to question the objectification of waste materials, while investigating the intersection of materiality and the act of hand weaving – revealing a dynamic interplay between the two.
Discarded plastic bags cut into strips, coastal fishing ropes and nets, raffia as well as jute yarns extracted from jute sacks found in Goa are the primary elements of the textile works - each one laboriously unspooled, washed and rewoven with hand, adding texture, dimension and visual language to each of the works.
The exploration and examination of the discarded materials was the starting point in understanding their ability to transform beyond the ‘ordinary’ or ‘mundane’ and reconfiguring the waste into witness. Each panel is an assemblage of experimental weaving techniques and the power of deconstructed materials that form the warp and weft of each of the works. Using a simple needle, the untangled and frayed materials are transformed beyond their present reality as they interweave with each other into architectures of entanglement.
The Linear Fragments series of works reimagines discarded matter into intricate weaves inviting viewers to examine their personal interactions with materials and resources that are prevalent in our daily lives.
Linear Fragments (2025)
Discarded fishing rope, plastic bag strips, jute and nylon yarns extracted from discarded sacks handwoven around cotton canvas and handmade wooden frame looms.
H 8" x W 10" x D 1.5" (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09)
H 29.75" x W 19.75" x D 2" (10, 11, 12)
Through the 'Linear Fragments' series of works, Khosla seeks to question the objectification of waste materials, while investigating the intersection of materiality and the act of hand weaving – revealing a dynamic interplay between the two.
Discarded plastic bags cut into strips, coastal fishing ropes and nets, raffia as well as jute yarns extracted from jute sacks found in Goa are the primary elements of the textile works - each one laboriously unspooled, washed and rewoven with hand, adding texture, dimension and visual language to each of the works.
The exploration and examination of the discarded materials was the starting point in understanding their ability to transform beyond the ‘ordinary’ or ‘mundane’ and reconfiguring the waste into witness. Each panel is an assemblage of experimental weaving techniques and the power of deconstructed materials that form the warp and weft of each of the works. Using a simple needle, the untangled and frayed materials are transformed beyond their present reality as they interweave with each other into architectures of entanglement.
The Linear Fragments series of works reimagines discarded matter into intricate weaves inviting viewers to examine their personal interactions with materials and resources that are prevalent in our daily lives.
Linear Fragments (2025)
Discarded fishing rope, plastic bag strips, jute and nylon yarns extracted from discarded sacks handwoven around cotton canvas and handmade wooden frame looms.
H 8" x W 10" x D 1.5" (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09)
H 29.75" x W 19.75" x D 2" (10, 11, 12)
India Art Fair YCP, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, 2026
The central exhibition of the IAF Young Collectors' Programme,'Omens. Organisms. Objects. Order in New Delhi from January 31st - February 8th presents emerging artists whose practices engage with themes of objecthood within diverse mediums, each work treated as an artefact and techne, with their own layers of material grammar, narrative motifs and ritualistic behaviours. It is refused a singular reading, instead the works loop across various ontologies, languages and meanings, inviting people to re-order.
Showcased as material studies, the 9 handwoven works in the ‘Linear Fragments’ series by Medha Khosla are a reflection on the growing waste disposal challenges faced by the local communities and villages of Goa.
Using the highly intricate and tactile process of hand weaving with a needle, Khosla repurposes discarded coastal waste such as fishing ropes, fishnets, jute sacks and plastic bags. The materials are deconstructed and assembled together to draft the warp and weft around cotton canvases and wooden looms.
"I like the works to be studies of the relationship and dialogue between the materials, myself and the act of hand weaving using a simple needle to communicate my process. Hand weaving without a loom presents an intimate examination of the materials and their ability to transform beyond their present state".
Through this process, Khosla is in a constant dialogue with the materials and the act of weaving. The purpose is to understand the materials, their properties and connection to their past histories ad geographies as a way to preserve and celebrate their significance in our everyday lives.
Linear Fragments (2025)
8" x 10" x 1.5"
Discarded fishing rope, plastic bag strips, jute and nylon yarns extracted from discarded sacks handwoven around cotton canvas.
Showcased as material studies, the 9 handwoven works in the ‘Linear Fragments’ series by Medha Khosla are a reflection on the growing waste disposal challenges faced by the local communities and villages of Goa.
Using the highly intricate and tactile process of hand weaving with a needle, Khosla repurposes discarded coastal waste such as fishing ropes, fishnets, jute sacks and plastic bags. The materials are deconstructed and assembled together to draft the warp and weft around cotton canvases and wooden looms.
"I like the works to be studies of the relationship and dialogue between the materials, myself and the act of hand weaving using a simple needle to communicate my process. Hand weaving without a loom presents an intimate examination of the materials and their ability to transform beyond their present state".
Through this process, Khosla is in a constant dialogue with the materials and the act of weaving. The purpose is to understand the materials, their properties and connection to their past histories ad geographies as a way to preserve and celebrate their significance in our everyday lives.
Linear Fragments (2025)
8" x 10" x 1.5"
Discarded fishing rope, plastic bag strips, jute and nylon yarns extracted from discarded sacks handwoven around cotton canvas.
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