  Yarn bombing. During my trip to Fargo this past weekend I noticed something weird on the light posts... Elaborately knit flowers lazily dripping down over the parking signs. This is yarn bombing, but not the bombing I'm used to seeing the Twin Cities - this is far more decorative and sophisticated in form and presentation.
This is part of an art installation by Mara Morken. A local artist who started doing citywide installations in 2012 which are fully supported by the city of Fargo. Here is the odd part however - she doesn't actually knit herself. The work is subcontracted, and then installed. While the work is cute and charming, lets call it like it is - this is a safe way of creating "street art". In fact due to its nondestructive and decorative nature I wouldn't classify it as street art at all. It has no message and well, is placed so high up that if you weren't paying attention you'd miss it all together. What do you think? Is this street art? Or is this public decoration?
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Mara
1/25/2014 02:10:29 am
Gotta say, you have almost entirely mischaracterized this project and that really sucks. A simple google search would explain why these pieces are hug so high (yes, there is a reason for it). And, although I do not knit, this was not a project exclusively for knitters-- it was for fibre artists, of which I am one. The pieces I created were made of felt.
Elle
1/25/2014 02:24:22 am
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