Join us for our first tour of Knitted Dimensions. This large-scale, sculptural exhibition is on view throughout the entire building of Nancy Nicholas Hall, with 9 total installations. Design History PhD student R.J. Maupin will take visitors through the building and share the complex and inspiring ways the exhibiting makers have translated this historic textile practice to architectural and sculptural elements.
The tour begins in the main lobby of Nancy Nicholas Hall. Installations are on multiple floors throughout the building, and are accessible via stairs and elevator. This event is free and open to the public.
About the exhibition:
Knitted Dimensions: Knit, Technology, and Spatial Practices
Through a series of beyond-the-gallery installations of knit-based soft architecture, Knitted Dimensions: Knit, Technology, and Spatial Practices demonstrates how knitting is a method of design capable of reshaping how spaces are made and experienced. The makers included in Knitted Dimensions work across disciplines, using computational approaches to expand the possibilities of spatial, structural and interactive textile systems. These installations include knit-based structures that stretch, curl, and adapt; material experiments with making, fabrication, algorithm design, and patterning; textiles with responsive and performative qualities; and applications of feminist thinking to knitting’s relationship to softness, care, labor, and embodied knowledge.
The guest curators for this exhibition are Jennifer Meakins, Assistant Professor in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky College and Virginia Melnyk, Assistant Professor in the College of Design at Iowa State University.
This exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Anonymous Fund.
The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture values inclusion and access for all participants. Please contact Bo Owen, bo.owen@wisc.edu, or 608-262-1162 to make an accommodation request. Requests should be submitted at least 2 weeks before the event date.
