I had a chance to check out the latest exhibition at MOV this past weekend and walked away inspired, as usual. SweaterLodge Unlatched is a lot more than a massive polarfleece sweater taking up an entire room, it's a comment on our culture of mass consumption and our love of the great outdoors. Created by architects/artists Bill Pechet and Stephanie Robb, the fleece in this sweater was made up of about 2,650 plastic two litre bottles and is quite obviously a giant piece of Vancouver culture.
When you get past/under the sweater you find your way into another room that contains the story and concept of the SweaterLodge project, the pieces production and its travels thus far (it was originally constructed for the Canada Pavilion of the 2006 Venice Biennale of Architecture). You're then offered a free piece of Polartec 200 polarfleece with which you're encouraged to take home, make something out of, then include in the MOV's Flickr group Museum of Vancouver MOV. All of the submissions will be printed out and posted within the exhibit itself.
I grabbed a piece and constructed this cowl for my dog, Frankie, then added it to the MOV Flickr group. He clearly loves it.
SweaterLodge Unlatched is up at MOV until May 1, 2011. Click HERE for more info.
