June 4th, 2010
The entire city of Brisbane, Australia is set for a massive influx of public knitting!
Some of the I Knit Brisbane public art installations in the CBD will include a fingerless glove covering the two metre tall Sebastian de Mauro ‘hand’ sculpture at 175 Eagle St, a giant silk spider web and feature spider on St Francis House in Elizabeth St, giant balls of wool in Reddacliffe Place along with a crocheted garden in King George Square.
Go, Brisbane! I really wish I could pop over and check it out!
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June 2nd, 2010
In response to a display of guerrilla knitting attached to a public sculpture, the city of Berkeley CA is laying down the law.
Berkeley City’s Civic Arts Coordinator Mary Ann Merker visited a nearby knitting and crafts studio yesterday to let them know that altering or defacing a piece of public art constitutes a violation of Federal law.
Federal? Really? Personally, I’d challenge that in court. (If I had infinite funds and time, of course.) I can see it being a violation of a city ordinance, but unless the Federal government bought the sculpture, I don’t see how it could be a “violation of Federal law.”
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