Weaving is a 3-story digital video triptych that wraps the elevator core of the Madden Library. The 5600 hour video runs continuously, night and day, from the start of fall term through graduation. It is the longest running art film and the first art media facade created in the US.


Narduli Studio designed the library's Native Garden (foreground top image), Grand Stair and Browsing Room mural. But the heart of the work is the three-story, 43-foot high media screen that depicts the slow labor of basketmaking at the hands of a master weaver. Weaving juxtaposes the memory of the site’s history with its current use as a busy university campus. 
 
 
The weaver’s movements have been intentionally slowed and at times are barely noticeable. The steady workings of the hands become a constant within the building, like breathing.
 
 
This is a piece to be understood over time. The casual passerby may see only the monumental image. But for those who use the library every day, the video becomes a timekeeper for the campus, as the basket progresses from one day to the next.