Yarn
The film offers fascinating insight into what yarn can do in the talented hands of those determined to elevate mere craft to high art.
Yarn
YARN is a vibrant documentary that follows top international artists and knitters as they bring yarn to the streets and into people’s lives in sensational new ways. The film was directed by Una Lorenzen, an Icelandic filmmaker and animator.
The traditional crafts of crochet and knitting have become one of the hottest movements in modern art. Starting in Iceland, this quirky and thought-provoking film takes us on a colorful and global journey as we discover how yarn connects us all.
Featured in the documentary are world-renowned wool graffiti artist Olek, interactive textile creator and curator Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, production designer Tilde Björfors of Cirkus Cikör, and National Humanities Medal winning writer Barbara Kingsolver.
The traditional crafts of crochet and knitting have become one of the hottest movements in modern art. Starting in Iceland, this quirky and thought-provoking film takes us on a colorful and global journey as we discover how yarn connects us all.
Featured in the documentary are world-renowned wool graffiti artist Olek, interactive textile creator and curator Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, production designer Tilde Björfors of Cirkus Cikör, and National Humanities Medal winning writer Barbara Kingsolver.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
77
Language
English
Director
Una Lorenzen
FEATURED REVIEW
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Setting out to show the range of expression found in a field of craft it feels is too often dismissed as a trivial women's pastime, Una Lorenzen's Yarn showcases four artists doing things with crochet your spinster great-aunt probably never imagined. Viewers actively engaged in the fiber arts ...
Played at
Fine Arts Theatre 7.15.16 - 7.21.16
Playhouse 7 7.16.16 - 7.31.16
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