Exhibitions
knit the walls - the finale by sarah filmer
This Winter, sarah filmer’s well-loved community project ‘knit the walls’ comes to God’s House Tower for its spectacular finale exhibition.
From Friday 11th November until Sunday 4th December, God’s House Tower will become a hub for creativity and community as we celebrate the lasting legacy of sarah filmer's popular project. Across four weekends, visitors will have the opportunity to connect, collaborate and create their own interpretations of the city’s history and identity through collaborative sessions, knitting activities and events.
In the Main Gallery, visitors can immerse themselves in a mesmerising knitted installation which manifests the domestic and the everyday. Drawing on Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and Charlotte Perkins Gliman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, the exhibition brings together a collection of co-created knitted objects and keepsakes to form a fully knitted room. From books to furniture and ceramics, many of the objects featured in the exhibition hold personal history and are a vessel of the participants stories.
In the Project Space, visitors are invited to enjoy a series of photoreels and short films that document and share the many memories created through the project over the years, with participants sharing their own stories and highlights.
On Saturday 19th November from 12pm – 4pm, the Digital Scholarship Team from University of Southampton will be hosting ‘Reimagining Knitting: A Community Prospective’ in which visitors can take part in a free AHRC funded workshop facilitated by knit the walls founder sarah filmer and oral historian Padmini Broomfield to explore how interactive 3d models and 3d printer replicas of selected items from the Knitting Reference Library (KRL) hosted at the University of Southampton Library can make collections more accessible and support the creation of new narratives. The session is free and open to all knitting abilities. Find out more about the workshop and book your free place here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimagining-knitting-a-community-prospective-tickets-431569133897
On Saturday 26th November from 1.30pm – 3.30pm, the GHT Creative Writing Group will be hosting a special workshop which will explore the knit the walls exhibition and invite participants to share their own stories of Southampton. The session is free and spaces are limited. Sign-up for the Writing Group here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ght-creative-writing-group-5-tickets-439613675337
As part of the exhibition programme, the knit the walls group will be taking custom orders for items created from the works produced in the knitting sessions with proceeds going towards Southampton charities Yellow Door and the Society of St James. (Orders can be placed at the exhibition launch event on Friday 11th November. Find out more about the event here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knit-the-walls-exhibition-launch-tickets-443157174037)
About knit the walls
Having first launched in 2016, ’knit the walls’ is a public art co-creation project involving many of Southampton’s residents and visitors in the co-production of a knitted, woollen version of the city’s medieval walls. Led by artist Sarah Filmer, the project invites participants and audiences to reconnect with stories, memories and alternative histories that are lost over time and unrecorded in books and archives, through creative practice.
In the Main Gallery, visitors can immerse themselves in a mesmerising knitted installation which manifests the domestic and the everyday. Drawing on Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and Charlotte Perkins Gliman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, the exhibition brings together a collection of co-created knitted objects and keepsakes to form a fully knitted room. From books to furniture and ceramics, many of the objects featured in the exhibition hold personal history and are a vessel of the participants stories.
In the Project Space, visitors are invited to enjoy a series of photoreels and short films that document and share the many memories created through the project over the years, with participants sharing their own stories and highlights.
On Saturday 19th November from 12pm – 4pm, the Digital Scholarship Team from University of Southampton will be hosting ‘Reimagining Knitting: A Community Prospective’ in which visitors can take part in a free AHRC funded workshop facilitated by knit the walls founder sarah filmer and oral historian Padmini Broomfield to explore how interactive 3d models and 3d printer replicas of selected items from the Knitting Reference Library (KRL) hosted at the University of Southampton Library can make collections more accessible and support the creation of new narratives. The session is free and open to all knitting abilities. Find out more about the workshop and book your free place here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimagining-knitting-a-community-prospective-tickets-431569133897
On Saturday 26th November from 1.30pm – 3.30pm, the GHT Creative Writing Group will be hosting a special workshop which will explore the knit the walls exhibition and invite participants to share their own stories of Southampton. The session is free and spaces are limited. Sign-up for the Writing Group here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ght-creative-writing-group-5-tickets-439613675337
As part of the exhibition programme, the knit the walls group will be taking custom orders for items created from the works produced in the knitting sessions with proceeds going towards Southampton charities Yellow Door and the Society of St James. (Orders can be placed at the exhibition launch event on Friday 11th November. Find out more about the event here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/knit-the-walls-exhibition-launch-tickets-443157174037)
About knit the walls
Having first launched in 2016, ’knit the walls’ is a public art co-creation project involving many of Southampton’s residents and visitors in the co-production of a knitted, woollen version of the city’s medieval walls. Led by artist Sarah Filmer, the project invites participants and audiences to reconnect with stories, memories and alternative histories that are lost over time and unrecorded in books and archives, through creative practice.
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