Own our own time, part II at Shetland Textile Museum

 

Own our own time part II took place at Shetland Textile Museum 1 August 2013. 83 patient participants stood in the 60 meter wide knittingcircel for one hour. Together we saved a piece of unforgettble Shetland time. Everybody contributed to the ongoing project about knitting and time that started in collaboration with the Nordic knittingnetwork Gavtrik, www.gavstrik.dk, 2011. 

Thank you everyone for participating.

After the performance everybody had a nice cup of warming the.

A special thanks to 

Brita Hövenmark and her sisters at The Shetland Textile Museum http://shetlandtextilemuseum.wordpress.com/   

and to Hazel Hughson at Shetland Art http://www.shetlandarts.org/
Photo: Austin Taylor  http://www.austintaylorphotography.com/

The colour of Shetland time

    
The participlants at the Textile Festival "In the loop 3.5" and knitters from all over Shetland were invited to take part in a new chapter in this ongoing artproject about knitting and time . A piece of Shetland time will be preserve, "saved"   with the help of green domestic yarn. This time from the Jamieson and Smith Yarn factory , who kindle doanted their green yarn. https://jamiesonandsmith.wordpress.com/

Two questions were also included to the participants  to consider while knitting. 

“When do you own your time?” 

“The colour green, what does it mean to you?”

In the loop 3,5 at Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland

Speach at Mareel 31 July 2013 about the artproject "Own our own time" with an invitation to the knitting performance 
" Own our own time, part 2" at Shetland Textile Museum 1 August. A call for 83 participants. 

In the loop 3,5   http://www.mareel.org/learn/workshops-talks-masterclasses/shetland-arts-textile-festival/#.UgZIvKxh-Go 

http://www.shetlandarts.org/whats-on/festivals/international-textile-festival/

1 August, Shetland Art Museum

                        Own Our Own Time will take place at the Shetland Textile Museum at the Bod of Gremista on Thursday 1 August from 6-8pm http://www.shetlandarts.org/volunteer-knitters-wanted-to-take-part-in-on-our-own-time/
This monumental knitting started as a collaboration with Gavstrik, a Nordic knitting organization  www.gavstrik.dk 
photo: Gunnar Bäckman, Vaasa, Finland

Own our own time in Shetland

Own our own time will be presented at the International Textile Festival i Lerwick, Shetland
Reed more  http://www.shetlandarts.org/whats-on/festivals/international-textile-festival/

Cirkus Cirkör, Knitting Peace, Dansens Hus

                           Circus Cirkör shows the amazing performance Knitting Peace at Dansens Hus in Stockholm. At the invitation of Circus Cirkör, the works Place, Price and Own our own time is shown during the playtime. Reed more at http://www.cirkor.se/content/knitting-peace

Read about the project in the journal Hemslöjden

See the article on the knitting projects Own our own time and Uplift in the latest 
issue of the journal Hemslöjden. Read more at http://www.hemslojd-tidningen.se

Paris January 2013

The project Own our own time is shown at Galerie de l´Eurpoe 55, rue de seine Paris 16 - 31 January
Together with LE 4 RIVE GAUCHE  http://www.artistes4paris.com/
 Technical suport by David Dubaut.

Own our own time in Paris

The film and documentation of Own our own time are shown at 
Gallery de l'Europe in Paris January 16 to 31. Welcome to the opening.

UPLIFT, Sundsvalls Museum

Uplift at Sundsvalls Museum, Kulturmagasinet, 27 October 2012. The knitting was performed in

the current exhibition, 40 Years with Theatre Västernorrland. In the middle of the knittingcircle a

beautiful red rosecostume.

Music by Maria and Clara Michold from Indal.

An arrangement together with Handicraft organizations in Medelpad and Ångermanland