February 6, 2012
Hot off the press, a brand new book and exhibition celebrating the IMPACT CFDA designers have had on fashion for the past 50 years. The book features several CFDA designers, including Liz Collins, shown here full page, with a look from Fall 2003 on Jamie Bochert, knit swatches, and the PRIDE gown made with another CFDA designer Gary Graham in collaboration as GRIZ.”
For show info: IMPACT: 50 Years of the CFDA
Textile artist and fashion designer Liz Collins, along with her army of volunteer knitters, take over the ICA’s Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater. Part ongoing collaborative performance, part site-specific installation project, Knitting Nation explores aspects of textile and apparel manufacturing, serving as commentary on how we interact with machines, global manufacturing, trade and labor, iconography, and fashion.
Don’t miss Phase 8: Under Construction on Friday, November 25 from 11am-9pm, the second presentation of Knitting Nation in a theater setting. In Phase 7: Darkness Descends, five performers were dramatically spot-lit on a dark stage, heightening the presence of the ongoing drone of the manually operated machines as the knitters performed. Phase 8: Under Construction engages the theme of line in Dance/Draw through the complex interplay of lines across eight knitting machines stationed on various levels of scaffolding.
More info at Facebook Events page.
Media coverage for these events:
Metro Boston, October 13, 2011
The Boston Globe, October 16, 2011