ThreeWalls Presents: Knit for Defense January 12, 2007

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 12, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
ON VIEW: January 12, 2007 – February 10, 2007

CHICAGO - To kick off the New Year, ThreeWalls presents Knit for Defense, resident artist Cat Mazza’s closing exhibition and culmination of her residency research. Continuing to explore small acts of resistance Mazza’s studio knitting practice switches focus from sweat-shop labor to war-time effort, adapting World War II ‘knit-for-the-troops’ knitting patterns to explore the tradition of war-time gift economy and doing your part. For Knit for Defense, Mazza designed and knit wool helmet liners from vintage knitting patterns for the contemporary public officials in charge of Iraq War policy decisions. She also continues to explore the relationship inherent between knitting and technology, exhibiting a new knitted animation generated from the cell-phone video recordings she conducted while in Chicago.