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"Although the thread has different applications in its absence in [Agnes] Martin's work and presence in [Lenore] Tawney's, respectively, the interplay of the two techniques within one exhibition allowed us to experience how the tactile-textile and optical-drawing properties of thread interact to become a haptic-
visual form; how sensual experience - the affirming close-up view of the sense of touch and the objectifying distant view of the sense of sight described by Alois Riegl - is equally important for perception and the
are equally needed for perception and knowledge production."

Source: Textiles – Open Letter. Frank, Rike and Wilson, Grant. Sternberg Press, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach. 2015. S.66.