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Presentare il Terzo paesaggio, frammento indeciso del Giardino planetario, non come un bene patrimoniale, ma come uno spazio comune del futuro.

Gilles Clément
Manifesto del Terzo paesaggio (Sullo statuto)

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#1

In The Loop: Knitting Now

Just when you thought you had read them all, here comes another book on knitting. This one however has a unique approach. Instead of listing quirky artists and modish projects, In the Loop unravels knitting through disciplines as different from each other as taxonomy, psychoanalysis, history and literature (more precisely 'knit lit'). Each of the contributors of the book, whether they are artists, tapestry maker, scholars, costume designer or fashion designers, is challenging any expectation and perspectives we might have on knitting.

The book is divided into four main sections: Rethinking Knitting, Narrative Knits, Site and Sight: Activist Knitting and Progress: Looking Back...

http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2010/06/in-the-loop-knitting-now.php

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KnitKnit: Profiles + Projects from Knitting's New Wave

KnitKnit, an artist's publication dedicated to the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary art, was founded in 2002 by artist Sabrina Gschwandtner.

KnitKnit issues 1-7 with their limited edition covers are now included in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Library, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the New York Public Library, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York- anyone can make an appointment with those institutions to read the KnitKnits there.

Table of contents for each issue, and information about contributors and events (KnitKnit receptions, film and video screenings, art shows) can be found here.

http://www.knitknit.net/

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The history of guerilla knitting - 24th Chaos Communication Congress

"Guerrilla knitting" has a couple of meanings in the knitting community - to some, it merely means knitting in public, while to others, it means creating public art by knitted means.

Contemporary knitters feel very clever for coming up with edgy language to describe their knitting, but the truth is that...

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/events/2358.en.html