Go the RED - by Sundogs

by Inverness Old Town Art, 28 Aug 2009

Forwards backwards forwards backards forwards backwards…. a prehistoric knitting machine, all dials + knobs that go CLUNK, rescued from Freecycle and refurbished by us through trial, error + gritted teeth. A huge pile of red wool in the corner, dwindling now the growing pile of completed pieces in the other corner starts to cast its shadow. Straggling castoffs + rejects trailing paths over surfaces + floors, fibres mix with living + red is everywhere, breathed in + sneezed out.
This is our take on Yarnbombing, alfresco knitted graffiti, this is guerilla knitting. Chosen colour – red – bright acid red that oscillates out of the corner of our eyes.
There was a reason for all of this but now our brains are so numbed with the forward backward forward backward forward backwards of it, we cant remember the why and the only way to get through the how, is to turn the music up way loud + dance it.
Back forth back forth back forth …. Go. The. Red.