Own our own time VI in Blönduós Iceland June 2017

It is time to leave Blönduós and all the wonderful people who participated in the monumental knitting by the meadow next to the river Blanda 10th of June. An unforgettable hour shared together in the sun and wind, listening to music by Skarphéðinn Einarsson and Benedikt Blöndal Lárusson.

Photographer: Róbert Daníel Jónsson and Cornelia Theimer Gardella
Thank you all!

   

Black and red for Iceland

On June 10^th 2017 Own our own time VI was performed in Blönduos, Iceland. One hour is preserved 

as stripes in the monumental knitting. Iceland is symbolized by three black and one red colour, the magma 

and the lava. The yarn used is Icelandic and was donated tothe project by the Icelandic company 

ISTEX http://istex.is. Thank you!

You can see one piece out of 80 red beautiful knitting's created in 2011 by members from the knittingnetwork Gavstrik www.gavstrik.dk. Then follows the first, darkbrown hour fromFaroeisland in June 2011, green from Shetland 2013, grey with a piece of gold from Paris, France 2014, multicoloured from Borås, Sweden 2015, 

blue from Quebec, Canada 2016 and the last black stripe from Iceland 2017.

Own our own time VI in Blönduos Iceland

The performance Own our own time VI was set up in Blönduos in the north of Iceland June 10 2017, 17.30 – 18.30. Three black colours and a few red stripes as the symbol of Iceland are preserved in the monumental knitting for 83 participants. On the beautiful meadow, with the sun and wind, next to the river Blanda. The women from Prjónagleði - Knitting Festival 2017 and Textilsetur, people from Blöndous, friends from Sweden, collegues from Reykjavik and Skagaströnd, Skarphéðinn on trumpet and Benedict on keyboard thank you so much for participating!

More info later.

Photographer: Paulina Lindström

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OWN OUR OWN TIME VI in Blönduos Iceland

Own our own time VI goes to Iceland

Restoring the monumental knitting Own our own time in the end of April 2017 before leaving for Iceland. Last stop was Canada in fall 2016. The hour is preserved as blue laps in the big knitting. Next stop will be Blönduós on Iceland 10th of June 2017. In collaboration with Textilsetur and Prjónagleði Knitting festival

Own our own time at Sundsvalls Museum Sweden

Own our own time I-V
Installation at Sundsvalls Museum Sweden 4 Feb - 16 April 2017