Marijs Boulogne: Crochet Your Own Swelf

14 April 2019 > 18 April 2019 Kindly invited to the "Crochet Your Own Swelf "knitting and crochet workshop by Marijs Boulogne, on Sunday, 14th April 23019, between 2 and 6 pm, at the Alkatraz Gallery, ACC Metelkova mesto. Workshop continues from 15th to 18th April, from 5 pm to 10 pm. The event is a part of Syndicate of Outlandish Entities 2019.

My name is Marijs. I use crochet cause it is a technique that allows recycling and colourful fiddling with fingers while chatting with friends and listening to music, as a form of ancient 3D printing.
We can make: little pussies, ovaries, vulvas, little cocks.
We can visualise our gender of preference, in its actual size and understand our body through copying it. And of course, our genitals are only the tip of the iceberg, of our complete nervous system, which is basically our organ to have fun and relax.
We work with cotton, ribbon, recycling fabrics, old cut up clothes, wool and other discarded rests of our life like dishwashing sponges, we each make a beautiful anatomically correct object to take home after the expo. You can come without anything, or bring the material you want to upcycle.

The Swelf is an ongoing cycle by Marijs Boulogne, in which she develops works in different media – installations, workshops, performances, lectures, etc., inviting people of different backgrounds to discover the complexity of their bodies and sexual organs and open up about issues of gender and sexuality in a playful way.

Marijs Boulogne (1978) is a theatre maker, playwright and performance artist. She graduated as a theatre director in 2002 at the RITS School of Arts (Brussels) and studied an additional year in open workshop, new media, installation, and interdisciplinary work. She began directing her own plays in 1999 and received several prizes for her productions. Her plays have been translated into seven languages and have been performed in many countries under her own direction. She wrote and directed Voulez-vous poeper avec moi, Herzschmerz, Picknick!, Excavations, The Anatomy Lesson, Marzipan or Plexi and co-wrote Love Zero Control, Good Habits and Endless Medication with Manah Depauw.
Recurring themes in her work are sexuality, comedy and female strategies of liberation throughout the ages. She performs as singer, accordionist, storyteller and presenter. Since 2011, she is also presenting, coordinating and organising Lucha Libre wrestling events of the 'Spelers van de Ring' and Brussels Young Wrestling Style. Since a few years she also started wrestling herself as Peggy, trained by Pietro Badiali (Lady-Man-Catch Club), Belgium.
http://marijsboulogne.be/joomla/

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

When:
Sunday, 14 Apr, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. led by Marijs Boulogne
Workshop continues: 15 to 18 Apr, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:10 p.m. during exhibition at Alkatraz Gallery
Public presentation of workshop results and exhibition closure: Thursday, 18 4., 10:00 p.m.
Because most participants won’t be able to finish their crochet or knitted swelf, they will be able to continue their work during the festival. Ad-hoc circle will be held between Monday and Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Alkatraz Gallery. Marijs Boulogne will be present at the gallery to assist the participants and offer additional consultation daily from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. or as agreed.
All finished works of participants will be featured at Alkatraz Gallery.

Application:
Knitting and/or crochet skills are needed. Workshop will be held in English.

Material and tools for the workshop:
We invite all participants to bring their old supplies of wool, thread and other appropriate material for knitting or crochet if they have them and want to recycle. They can also bring own tools for crochet or knitting. If they don’t have their own materials and tools, they will be provided at the workshop.

Application deadline:
You can apply with short description of your skills, motivation letter and information on materials and tools you might bring along can be sent to sabina@emanat.si before Wednesday, 10 Apr.
Limited number of participants, early birds and all skilled in crochet and knitting will be prioritized.

Workshop is free of charge

Workshop leader: Marijs Boulogne
Organised by: Emanat
In collaboration with: Alkatraz Gallery / KUD Mreža
Coordination: Sabina Potočki, Emanat
Financial support: Ministry of Culture RS, City Municipality Ljubljana – Department for Culture, Flanders Department of Culture, Youth and Media

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