Before leaving Planet Earth the dolphins sing the above great song in the 2005 science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The lyrics carry pessimistic-realistic undertones but the joyful bigband style presentation of the notes makes it superbly absurd. I tried to translate the feelings outlandishness, absurdity, depression and humour into textiles. It resulted in three different subgroups which are all interconnected.

The first subgroup of textiles is named Left by the dolphins. The textiles became pixelated and peculiar in their outlook, and complex in their making. I used various silkscreen printing techniques, dimensional fabric paint, shibori dying, Graphixscan laser engraving, embroidery, weaving, knitting and crochet.

Presentation at Studio 13 Amsterdam, 25 January 2011