For some reason beyond my understanding, in early July 2011, I was one of six artists chosen by Lab Binaer (a frighteningly talented a group of designers and multimedia artists) to live in Augsburg, Germany for a week and define the city with my ‘art’. All of this was to be done working mainly in a giant glass fish tank in the middle of the city.
defined by totally changed the way I looked at what I did with my stitched street art. It was by turns awe inspiring, terrifying, hilarious, enchanting, uncomfortable, challenging, far too much fun, and utterly magical. It swallowed me whole as a nervous sneaky stitcher, chewing me up as a sleep deprived White Paper maker, and spat me out as an artist (something I wasn’t convinced I was when I first arrived) with an overwhelming desire to graffiti knit the world.
You can stalk me on my defined by journey by reading the blog posts below. A good start is watching lab binaer’s video about the project. That’s me with the purple hair.
German Arty Big Brother: Augsburg here I come
Start spreading the news, I’m leaving in less than 24 hours… Tomorrow...
Augsburg: You say goodbye, I say hello
Zombielike I made it to the London’s not-so-Londony Stansted Airport this morning...
White Paper Two: Cross Stitch City
Sew. I don’t really sew. The art of brandishing such a tiny needle makes my neck...
White Paper Three: Squid’s Eye View
It might not seem as tough as building skyscrapers, gutting fish or working in a coal...
Augsburg: Beer for breakfast and other people’s art
I started my sixth day in Augsburg with beer for breakfast. Happily I wasn’t...
Augsburg: setting free the Stitched Schmetterling
Still with me? In the story so far I’m still in Augsburg and have spent six days...
Augsburg: An unofficial White Wall and auf wiedersehen
I'll end with my very favourite moment in Augsburg. It was totally unplanned, unofficial and possibly rather illegal. If defined by was over and the White Wall on the side of the stadium was to be demolished at sunrise then there was clearly only one thing we could possibly do. I'm so glad someone managed to talk these mysterious figures into it...
