- Venue
- Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
- Starts
- Friday, October 9, 2009
- Ends
- Saturday, October 10, 2009
- Address
- The Market Cross, Cornhill Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1BT http://www.burystedmundsartgallery.org/
- Location
- South East England
Kai-Oi jay Yung’s ‘Sock Exchange’ returns for a two day reprise at Bury St Edmunds gallery following initial incarnating residency at FACT. I’ll be inviting people to transform the humble holey socks into sock d’objet d’art and to consider the repercussions of our carbon sockprint and sustainability of our consumption habits. Also showing will be 20 minute documentary ‘Socking’ exploring sock manufacture across the UK and our declining textile industry. So, bring your clean, odd socks for my two day set up in the gallery. No sock too holey! Since I don’t usually tour my work or myself so it will be interesting to see how ‘Sock Exchange’ repositions. Bury St Edmunds says: ‘Recently there has been a burgeoning trend for contemporary artists to re-examine old-fashioned notions of thrift and “domestic economy”. Issues explored include sustainability, a rejection of consumerism and strategies for coping with the recession. Artists are not only “making”, but also “mending” through projects with a strong sense of social engagement and responsibility.’
