CRISPR 1 and CRISPR 2 are modular installation works by Amanda Thackray and Diana Palermo. The artists collaborated on a systematic process of creating large-scale weavings. By constructing, deconstructing, and reconstructing their paper and fiber network, their collaborative process evinces themes of methodical repetition, structural editing, and materiality. This installation also lies in conversation with the disparate elements of their respective studio practice. The breakdown of each paper and fiber strip leads to the dematerialization of form, followed by its slow mending and rebinding. This blurs the line between paper and fiber processes, erasing intention of each original drawing and recoding the imagery. 
 
CRISPR was a solo exhibiton at Index Art Center's main gallery in March 2018. CRISPR 2 was exhibited at the Montclair Art Museum as a featured installation in New Directions in Fiber Art in 2019.