Since 2004, Regula Michell and Meret Wandeler have been working on a lifelong long-term performance. Once a month, the two of them — sometimes joined by guests — crochet together on an object made of pink acrylic yarn. Each session takes place in a different location, in public or private space. All participants work on the same continuous piece without formal guidelines ("freestyle crocheting"). Every session is documented photographically. The long-term performance was originally conceived as a ten-year project. After those ten years had passed, the artists decided to continue it with the goal of working on it for the rest of their lives.
The result is a unique sculptural textile object to which more than 900 guests have contributed. They are all connected to one another through this "social sculpture." Each person responds to what has been created before them. The individual contributions — whether just a few stitches or elaborate forms and patterns — are continuously crocheted around, over, and onward. The shared activity opens up a communicative space of its own, in which non-verbal communication is just as important as the thread of conversation, which can be picked up and dropped again at any time.
As part of "The Zurich Archipelago," the two artists invite visitors to pick up the thread again and continue crocheting their object collectively.
Location
Platzspitz Park, near the Music Pavilion
Platzpromenade 5, 8001 Zurich
Date
Wednesday, July 1 · 3.30–6 pm
Free admission, no registration required.
In case of severe weather, please check the current program.
Photo credit: the artists