Edith Derdyk's 'Moiras' Installation Weaves 70km of White Lines at Sesc Ipiranga

Edith Derdyk presents the site-specific installation 'Moiras' at Sesc Ipiranga in São Paulo, a work comprising 485 iron rods fixed to a wall interlaced with 70,000 meters of stretched white lines, creating a 17-meter-long, nearly 2-meter-high web. Inspired by the Greek Moirai—the three sister deities who spin, weave, and cut the thread of human life—the piece explores themes of destiny, connectivity, and repetitive gesture. Derdyk explains the line as a transitive element, questioning origins and destinations. The installation, which took about two weeks to build with a team, is linked to Sesc's FestA! – Festival de Aprender, focusing on connectivity and the relationship between art and science. Derdyk's practice, rooted in drawing since the 1980s, has expanded into 'expanded drawing' through installations, photography, video, and prints, investigating accumulation, repetition, and organic patterns. The work will be on view until May 26, after which the threads will be cut, echoing the third Moira's act.