The Sleeping Bag Project involves collective making through salvaging discarded sleeping bags from music festivals for reuse by a citywide initiative for the homeless. The project takes an open-ended approach to textiles to express a compassionate action towards others who do not have a home. By giving these discarded sleeping-bags a new purpose, the ephemeral nature of the festival environment (in the open field) is appropriated to the semi-permanent habitat of the urban homeless (in the street). Through these modest material interventions and geographical displacements, aesthetic and ethical considerations overlap, resulting in the convergence of artistic and charitable acts. Presented within the Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate (2012) was a collage of encounters with volunteers, salvaged sleeping bags, website, washing machines, craft activities and a show-reel occupying 1000 square foot space attracting an audience of approximately 28,000. Within the current debate of advanced skills (Sennett, 2008) versus DIY strategies (IFC, 2007) in the process of crafting, the research investigates cloth’s potential as a metaphor for consciousness and catalyst for empathy and cohesion.
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