our very first TV appearance. A few days before our last meeting we got a phone call from the regional TV, ORF Oberösterreich, asking if they could do some interviews. We got a little nervous and let everybody know via our ravelry group SnB Linz - Wir maSchen was wir wollen that they were coming.
The lighting was brilliant for knitting, the lady whose name I didn´t get on the phone was very nice and well informed. And after you have seen the feature (it´s in German) you´ll agree that she did a really nice job. Thank you, ORF Lady!
You can find our 3 minutes of fame on www.tvthek.orf.at select Bundesland heute, then Oberösterreich heute Friday 16.9. and choose Strickgruppe. voilá. maybe this works, too.
One surprised newbie was there for the first time without knowing about the TV crew, she just took a seat and knitted a little hat. She even helped putting up a piece of crochet graffiti. Well done!
I do apologize for forgetting the photo credits in the last post. The pictures were by hoegn and pipilotta. When nobody is mentioned they usually are by isenfriesen.
Now to less self-absorbed matters: we have heard about a very interesting art project on Austrian Knitting Addicts forum on ravelry and quote the artist Kate Just:
dear knitter
i am a kunstler from australia doing an art residency and large solo exhibition centering on knitting and the venus of willendorf at the factory, kunsthalle, krems on october 15, 2011. for this exhibition i have knitted my own skin in full and will have videos, sculptures and collages centring on an archaeology of the female body.
an important work in this show is a large cardboard sculpture made of five pieces that spells VENUS in knitting symbols. i want to cover each letter of this sculpture with knitted twine (ie the thick brown thread used to tie up packages). i am using this twine because it is thick and brown and references the knitted looking cap on the head of the venus of willendorf.
however my project is big and i need some help! i am looking for knitters who would be willing to contribute a scarf sized piece of knitting in any pattern or knitting gauge (thick, chunky, tight, small or even very loopy knitting on very large needles is fine!) to ‘dress’ my venus sculpture. all contributors will be listed on the room sheet in the catalogue, will be invited to the opening event, and will become part of the history of this work. if people are interested to come to krems to participate in one day of knitting and fun during which time we can all meet and also make the work, this is something i would love to arrange with curators ( though i can also i can travel to vienna). however if people even just want to contribute a piece of knitting by mail this would be most welcome!
would you please send this email to your group or circulate to anyone you know who might be interested in this.? i hope to meet you and some members of your group in the future.
kind regards
kate just
you can also see the project call for knitters on http://www.facebook.com/kunsthalle.krems
http://www.katejustart.blogspot.com/
If you would like to participate, please contact the artist directly: kateandpaula (at) hotmail.com
And if you´d like to join us for a meeting, just go for it! We are a very friendly, welcoming, helpful bunch. You wont regret it, promise.
Your next chances are
Tuesday Sept 20 from 6pm at Wirt am Graben
Wednesday Sept 28 from 6pm at Café gonara's Sternhagel
Thursday Oct 6 from 6pm at Café Stern
Wer auf ravelry bei SnB Linz - Wir maSchen was wir wollen ist, war ja bezüglich der ORF-Dreharbeiten schon vorgewarnt. So ein tolles Licht zum Stricken hatten wir noch nie. Ich hoffe, es hat sich niemand von der Kamera abschrecken lassen. Eine mutige Neue hat sich trotzdem einfach dazugesetzt. Finden wir super!
Letzten Freitag saßen wir dann alle gespannt vor irgendeinem Fernseher und warteten darauf, was das nette ORF Team aus den eineinhalb Stunden die sie mit uns im Café Stern verbracht haben gemacht hat. Wer´s noch nicht gesehen hat: auf http://www.tvthek.at/ Bundesland heute und dann Oberösterreich heute vom 16.9. auswählen. Der Beitrag heißt Strickgruppe.
Wir waren wirklich begeistert, es ist ein super netter Beitrag geworden mit vielen unterschiedlichen Aspekten, sehr schön geschnitten und fast drei Minuten lang. Sogar der Blog wurde gezeigt. Leider haben wir uns den Namen der Reporterin nicht gemerkt, möchten uns aber auf diesem Wege ganz herzlich bei ihr bedanken. Danke!
Die nächsten Treffen sind zwar vielleicht weniger spektakulär, wir freuen uns aber immer über neue und bekannte Gesichter!
Dienstag 20.9. ab 18 Uhr im Wirt am Graben
Mittwoch 28.9. ab 18 Uhr im Café gonara's Sternhagel
Donnerstag 6.10. ab 18 Uhr im Café Stern
