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

Video from La Fabrique culturelle Télé-Québec Outaouais et Laurentides. Enjoy!

Take part of the wonderful video http://www.lafabriqueculturelle.tv/capsules/7638/l-art-citoyen-own-our-own-time
from La Fabrique culturelle Télé-Québec Outaouais et Laurentides . 
Thank you Thank you François DesRochers , Michel Lafrenière and Gabby Ewen
and all the paticipants.

photographer Jamie Cruickshank

Own Our Own Time V August 27 in Quebec Canada

August 27 2016 Own Our Own Time V was performed at the opening of In-Situ Textile Art Installations at Moon Rain Centre in Quebec Canada. 83 participants saved time in the form of a monumental knitting. During one hour time became visible as blue laps in this ongoing art project. The participants were both skilled knitters and beginners. It was a warm, cheerful, messy, loud and unforgettable experience. Own Our Own Time V was carried out in + 30 C .

Can you knit something cold?

Photographer Jamie Cruickshank

More images later...

http://triennale-outaouais.com/la-route-des-arts-textiles.html
http://www.moonrain.ca/

Preparing for Own our own time V - Canada

Own our own time V is part of La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles is a Outaouais 2016 http://triennale-outaouais.com/la-route-des-arts-textiles.html . For one hour 83 participants save an unique hour in form of monumental knitting together.

Locally produced yarn is a part of the history. The hour saved in Canada is blue. The yarn from the Canadian factories Briggs and Little in New Brunswick http://www.briggsandlittle.com/ and Fila Tures Lemieux the Quebec http://www.lemieuxspinning.com/en/index.html was prepared before the performance that was carried out August 27. The yarn was donated to the project by Moon Rain Centre.

The artist Thoma Ewen generously lent her beautiful studio for the occasion. More about Thoma Evans work http://www.moonrain.ca/

photographer: Paulina Lindström

Canadian Art Magazine

Leah Sandals writes about Own our own time V in Canadian Art Magazine 
https://canadianart.ca/news/monumental-knitting-circle/

Own our own time V in Quebec Canada

Own our own time V is going to be set up as a part of La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles en Outaouais 2016, Quebec, Canada. The monumental knitting for 83 participants need to be restored before the next appearance, which will take place August 27th 2016. Welcome to sign up at: http://triennale-outaouais.com/own-our-own-time-v.html
The project is supported by Längmanska Kulturfonden and Konst Västernorrland, County of Västernorrland in Sweden

Own our own time I-IV

Own Our own time is an art project that started in 2010. I wanted to examine the possibility to catch sight of time in a physical form. A time linked to the human body in the form of monumental knitting.

Since 2011, four perfomances have been carried out at various places in the world. For one hour a large group of knitters meet and save a unique moment together. The participates form a large circle, a scene. This enables collaboration with other forms of art as Faroese dance, accordion, radical feminist folk music, modern dance. The different expressions of people's capacity to create good acts are fantastic and without an end.

The project started with 80 women who sat in different places in the world and saved time in the form of beautiful red knittings. On a meadow by the sea in Gjogv on the magical Faroe Islands started a project that is still ongoing. The pictures show the performance where each session has been a powerful experience. In this blog, you can follow the project emergence and also take note of other knittings inspired by Own Our own time.

2015 Own our own time IV Textile Museum Boras Sweden photo: Jan Berg

2014 Own our own time III Swedish Institute Paris France Photo: Vinciane Verguethen

2013 Own our own time II Shetland Textile Museum Lerwick Shetland photo: Austin Taylor

2011 Own our own time I Gavstriksymposium Gjogv Faroe Islands photo: Gunnar Bäckman

The yarn used in the performances has a direct connection to the place which is documented.

Read more about this in the blog.

Many thanks to all who have participated in this exciting journey.

The project continues.

Welcome to visit the blog.

Kerstin Lindstrom Harnosand Sweden January 2016

Own our own time IV - One hour Borås

Own Our own time IV was performed at the Textile Museum of Borås, Sweden, in October 2015.

The yarn used in all the performances included in the project Own Our own time have had a direct link to the different places. Boras is a city with a long textile history, where mills and dye houses were located along the river Viskan. For The performance in Borås a special yarn was produced to the event on the old spinning machines that are preserved at the Textile Museum http://textilmuseet.se/ . Viktoria Holmqvist from the museum dyed the yarn at the Swedish School of Textiles http://www.hb.se/Textilhogskolan/ with the help the dyeing unit AHIBA. Many beautiful colours were produced to document one hour Boras.

Photos: Victoria Holmqvist, Kerstin Lindström

To see time with the help of knitting

Own Our own time IV was performed at the Textile Museum in Borås, Sweden www.textilmuseet.se. 

83 knitters saved one hour Boras in the form of a monumental knitting on 10 October, at 13.00 -14.00 . 

For Own Our own time IV the choreographer Helena Lundqvist created a unique dance piece. The music during the hour consisted of a mix of sounds from the river Viskan which flows past the museum and recorded sounds from machines related to the textile industry. The sounds were processed and adapted to a dance performance by the the composer Tomas Elfstadius and was performed by the dancer Ulrika Liljedahl. 

The arrangement was a collaboration between the Textile Museum and RegionteaterVäst Dans in Borås.
Photo: Jan Berg