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Of Stone and Silk: Notes on Technological Becoming

A red book cover with the words Of Stone and Silk: Notes on Technological Becoming Laura Tripaldi

Of Stone and Silk: Notes on Technological Becoming

Art Museum Papers 04 by Laura Tripaldi

Art Museum Papers is a publishing series from Buxton Contemporary and the Potter Museum of Art that extends the conversations sparked by our exhibitions, residencies and research programs.

Issue 4: Of Stone and Silk: Notes on Technological Becoming by Laura Tripaldi

Edited by Pippa Milne and Linda Michael. Designed by Paul Mylecharane for Common Room.

This is one of three Papers commissioned by Art Museums at the University of Melbourne on the occasion of A velvet ant, a flower and a bird presented at the Potter Museum of Art (19 February–6 June 2026). The other Papers are written by Chus Martínez and Neha Choksi.

Available for purchase at Buxton Contemporary or Potter Museum of Art.

$10 or 3 Art Museum Papers for $25.

We may never know what it’s like to be a spider, but if we were to make a guess, we could never overlook silk’s significance in shaping a spider’s experience of the world. The history of spider silk began over 400 million years ago, and over the course of their long, shared history, animal and material have transformed one another in profound and unforeseeable ways.

This Art Museum Paper was supported by Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW.