"Own our own time" and "Uplift", two artprojects that deal with issues of time associated with human pace. The project also includes questions about tradition and development, the participants' own stories and about attention.
It is run by the Swedish artist Kerstin Lindstrom with the help of skilled knitters from many countries.
A new place is portrayed by it´s own colour. The question “What colour is Paris?” was asked to people in Paris during a week in 2013. Grey was the most common answer. Therefore Paris will be represented by locally produced grey yarn from the French company Fonty http://www.fonty.fr/new/ , mixed with some golden threads.
The yarn to the monumental knitting Own our time III was supported by Entrée des Fournisseurs.lamercerieparisienne.com
Likea rareflower the knittingcircle Ownourowntimeis found in unexpected placesat selectedtimes.The heart ofthe projectisall peoplewho participate.The performance forms an image of a humanpower station.
The start of this project was a desire to understand time, to feel time,
to get a physical sense of something constantly elusive. The link to knitting
is a way to force the time to adapt to a bodily tempo. A desire to slow the
speed into a pace that is human. In this activity the one who knits the slowest
control the pace of the whole work.
The performance Own our own time III - Urbantime was set up in the garden at the Swedish Institute in the Maraisdistrict in Paris Sunday 15th of June. About 100 knitters + public came and participated in saving an hour of urbantime together.A KnittingPerformance in thecontext ofthe exhibition SlowartandfestivalNomades. https://parissv.si.se/ Sara and Samantha, twoSwedishmusiciansplayed. http://saraochsamantha.tumblr.com/
