Maggie Wiebe

Unplayable

Double weave, stuffed with polyfill, 2020

38” by 20” by 2”

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How do you win if you can’t even play? If you don’t know the rules?

This weaving is part of a series I have been working through over the last year, exploring the relationship between a family member’s experience with schizophrenia and the game of chess. I created this object, which is recognizable as a chess board, but by stuffing each square, the board becomes virtually unplayable.