The concept for the durational performance ‘Knitting myself into life’ emerged from my search for ways to connect with KLEINI, that I lost in a late miscarriage in 2020. What started out as an attempt to integrate a profound bereavement, evolved into an exploration around interrelatedness. The process became an act of self-care, embodying the experience of being ripped off yet nurtured by life and starting to embrace a role of motherhood towards all, including myself.
„Knitting has often been my way of turning inward, a means of closing myself off from the world. I also used it to process and integrate experiences and emotions, mostly in solitude. It helped me simplify and structure the chaos I found myself in and calm my feelings and restlessness. It also allowed me to touch softness and to create something warming for myself and others. In that way, it has always been a magic action of connection.
This time, I want the thread to guide me outward, stitch by stitch, into life. As it evolves, this threads are given to me and I must weave them into my existence.
If you have something I can weave into my umbilical cord, please share it with me 🙂
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anne-friné 