The Craft of War

Knitting as performance art! How could the world get better? Liz Collins, knitter, artist and designer extraordinaire will be leading her uniformed army of knitters (check out the arm coverings which I personally covet) in a piece in the refectory (that would be a dining hall, I believe) this weekend at RISD (that is the Rhode Island School of Design). Liz’s first outing with her Knitting Nation group was as part of the Muster last year when artists took over Governor’s Island (just off Manhattan and usually closed to the public). The Muster was inspired by Civil War re-enactment and used as its theme “what are we fighting for?” Now the Knitting Nation piece will grow vertically through the space taking over it—and won’t have any of the Americana overtones, so no knitted American flags then. Imagine instead your favorite sweater meeting your grandmother’s afghan and taking over the space. 

Jennifer Kabat
Posted on Thursday, 5th of October 2006 Permalink Comment (0)