Cat Mazza Knit for Defense
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Knit for Defense uses computer animation, documentary footage and knitting to narrate the history of American wartime crafts. Mazza has developed software called Knitoscope, which translates digital video into animated, knitted stitches; the artist uses this software to integrate interviews with participants in wartime knitting with archival footage from World War II and images of vintage patterns. As a whole, Knit for Defense explores ways that craft has been an expression of both radicalism and patriotism, from the American Revolution through the current war in the Middle East.
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Cat Mazza
Cat Mazza’s work combines craft with digital media to explore the overlaps between textiles, technology and labor. Mazza has exhibited at the Triennale …
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2010: An early iteration of Knit for Defense is exhibited at Rhode Island School of Design
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2010: Mazza collaborates with a sound designer to create an original soundtrack for Knit for Defense using knitting machine noises
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2010: An early iteration of Knit for Defense is exhibited at Oberlin College
