From 28th November to 8th December 2007, I took part in an art project organized by my Belgium artist/designer friend Anita. I set up my 'social knitting space' within Anita's My Universal Home, a structure she had designed for the Singapore Design Festival. I looked at the activity of knitting as a common language which could be shared by everybody who came to my social knitting space. I remember being very nervous at the start as I had no idea how the project was going to be perceived or whether we would be able to speak the common language. I still think about the idea of common language. How do people communicate? How do people understand one another? It's not necessary about the language you speak. How does one connect with others? |