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Exchange/Alteration: upcycling your old clothes!
April 26, 2008, 7:48am by marko
Exchange/Alteration was a total success during its 3 days in Boulder. The sewing intervention set up on CU, the Boulder Farmer’s Market and the Civic Park during Earth Day weekend. E/A invited participants to surrender their clothing to be altered on the spot from the bits-and-pieces of other participants’ clothes and from fabrics collected beforehand. The catch was that the E/A seamstress/artist could alter a participant’s clothing however they wanted – with some interesting results. At first, people came up to us making alterations requests, but once we explain how E/A was an art intevention and not a sewing service, people immediately got it and gave us their clothes eagerly. It was lo-tech arts activism at its finest- reappropriating traditional crafts as tools for social interaction, upcycling and breathing new life to old clothes. I can’t wait to bring E/A co-creators, Mélanie Badalato and Camilo Ontiveros, back to Boulder soon for another fun sew-off. Special thanks to them and Lola Griffin, Mark Gosbee, Rachel Murray, Meghan and H.dot for braving the hot sun all day with good humor.
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2 Comments
Heck yeah! It was one of the funnest things ever! And what an excellent way to work on a tan to boot. Thank YOU for the opportunity to participate in such a fabulous project dear sir.
Comment by Meghan — June 16, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
TrackBack URLThat’s a really great idea. I would love to try something like that at a music festival.It could really get people thinking about what they are able to do themselves with what they already have in their wardrobes
Comment by ruth crean — January 16, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
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