Art Exhibitions

6 October 2024 - 20 October 2024

Craftivist’s Love Letter to Humanity in Response to Weaponised Games People Play
Immersive Craftivism Installation | 6 - 20 October 2024 | Stokvel Gallery | Opening by
invitation only | Weekends 10:00 - 16:00 | Walkabouts during week must be booked via
email: blossomsnotbullets@gmail.com (groups max 10)
Craftivists Gathering: 13 October 14:00 – 17:00 open to all handcrafters (details to follow).

 

Blossoms Not Bullets is a craftivist’s love letter to humanity in response to weaponised games
people play. The stage is set at this stitch-in-time of war as we are caught in the crossfire of
news bombardments, keyboard warriors, algorithmic missiles, and spun yarns detonated faster
than a bullet’s velocity. Our enlivened fabric is torn as loss and grief bleed through frayed
seams. Stacey threads a yarn balm intent on untangling mangled heartstrings, mending and
darning our brokenness, and restitching the knitting of us. Despite our rage, a flower’s
resilience persists, and pollination continues so that we aren’t left bereft of floral beauty
because of our polarised ideologies. Replete with dichotomies of life and death, Mother
Nature cries, “Shoot blossoms, not bullets!” By appealing to the fragility of our harmonious
co-existence, this immersive craftivism installation is a dire call for world peace.

 

Stacey Rozen is a story-threader, craftivist, and yarn graffiti artist. Our Yarns are
Tellers of Us is her collection of threaded stories that reflect upon life lessons
from lived experiences in the vernacular of craftivism (activism + handcrafts of
crochet, knit, and embroidery).

STOKVEL GALLERY

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