EXPIATION 2020
Work in Progress 2019-2025
Wool object
Ø 80 cm
Expiation investigates the global dynamics of fast fashion, overproduction, and modern slavery through a monumental wool object, a hand-made ball of recycled yarn measuring over 3,750 meters in length. Over many years, Jacomella Bonola meticulously unravelled discarded knitwear and reworked it using a traditional knitting spool, reversing the speed of industrial production into the contemplative rhythm of craft.
The resulting sphere functions as both a symbol of play and a meditation on exploitation. It embodies the entangled relationship between innocence and labour, consumption and complicity. By slowing down the process of making, the artist reclaims time as a political act, transforming an object of waste into one of endurance and reflection. Expiation becomes a quiet yet powerful gesture of restitution, an offering towards ethical renewal and social healing.
Credits: © Patricia Jacomella Bonola