Laure Drogoul sets up for an evening of "productive" music. Ellipse gallery visitors, hard-core knitters and new-comers alike, had an amazing time contributing to Drougoul's newest project.
Thank you to everyone who came!
Educational Programmer, Lisa Marie Thalhammer (left) and Laure Drogoul (right) are knitting while Thread as the Line artist Sabrina Gschwandtner (center) films in Super8 film (!!!)
Supplies for ORCHESTRAL KNITTING include a soundboard, yarn and knitting needles.
A knitting orchestra in progress. Drogoul organizes the participants in a traditional knitting circle, providing them with needles equipped with tiny microphones. Working from the same pattern or “score”, the knitters create recordings of scarves or mittens as manifestations of each performance
Read more about the story behind Drogoul's crafty music in the City Paper online!
Knitters hanging out by Sabrina Gschwandtner's installation, KnitKnit Sundown Salon. The video highlights her limited edition magazine and newly published book, "KnitKnit: Profiles and Projects form Knitting's New Wave".
