Magda Sayeg: How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement
マグダ・セイエグ: 毛糸テロ(ヤーン・ボミング)がどのように世界中に広がったのか
Magda Sayeg uses handmade, eye-catching yarn bombs to shake up the way we see the world and make us notice things we hadn't seen before. Full bio
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the yarn bombing movement.
創始者として最も広く知られてます
knitted or crocheted material
毛糸で編んだ生地で
graffiti-style --
グラフィティ的に飾ること
始めたばかりの頃は
ambitious notions about it,
warm and fuzzy and human-like
人間的な何かを
that I looked at everyday.
金属の表面に 与えたかっただけです
毛糸で覆ってみました
would change the course of my life.
変わるなんて思いもしませんでした
"What else could I do?"
他に何ができるだろうか
that would get the same reaction?
何かができるかなって思って
pole near my house.
編み物で覆ってみました
and take pictures next to it,
標識の横で写真を撮る人も
in the neighborhood.
the stronger the reaction.
was my playground.
of enhancing the ordinary,
とても惹かれていました
or its functionality
機能性は奪わず
suit out of knitting.
編んであげるだけ
本当に楽しかったんです
to take inanimate objects
I wanted to take it seriously.
this take over my life,
夢中になっているのか
reacting so strongly to it.
知りたかったのです
fast-paced, digital world,
something that's relatable.
求めているし 欲しているんです
麻痺しているんだと思います
cities that we live in,
無感覚になっています
about that stuff anymore.
文句も言わなくなりました
標識に出くわしたりすると
that's wrapped in knitting
I love to share with others.
他の人と共有したいんです
and the stop sign poles
and large-scale and insurmountable?
無理そうなものは?
in my heart for this one.
私の心に残るでしょう
were recognizing my work
認知されてきてはいましたが
ニットで覆ったものはありませんでした
that was large-scale,
city bus to be wrapped in knitting.
史上初だったはず
体験 というか目の当たりにしました
but I certainly don't own it anymore.
始めた私の手を もう離れていました
were doing this.
やっていました
to certain parts of the world
世界のどこかを旅して
and I knew I didn't wrap it.
毛糸で覆われていたりするんです
my own goals with my art --
目標を定めて 追求する一方—
同時に発展していきました
the hidden power of this craft
編み物に隠された力が見えてきて
I had with the rest of the world.
わかってきました
共通点を見い出しました
I'd have a connection with.
in the most unassuming places,
隠された力があったりすることや
that are just waiting to be discovered.
ただ発掘されていないだけだということ
these tools that are connected to us,
手という道具を見直し
we hold a controller or a cell phone.
リモコンや携帯を握ってますよね
if you put those things down?
どうなるでしょう
What would you create with your own hands?
that I am a master knitter
編み物の達人だと思ってますが
a sweater to save my life.
編み物はダメでした
interesting with knitting
面白いことをしたわけです
目指してもいなかったし—
formally trained to do this --
という意味ですが—
this was in the cards for me,
思っていませんでした
stumble upon this.
I held on tight,
that I am a working artist today.
アーティストとして活動しています
might not be so seamless.
進まないかもしれません
be as bored as I was
私みたいに退屈しのぎで
to change your world forever.
世界が一変したりするかもしれません
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Magda Sayeg - Textile artistMagda Sayeg uses handmade, eye-catching yarn bombs to shake up the way we see the world and make us notice things we hadn't seen before.
Why you should listen
Considered to be the mother of yarn bombing, Magda Sayeg’s 10-year body of work includes the widely recognized knitted/crocheted covered bus in Mexico City as well as her first solo exhibit in Rome at La Museo des Esposizione. Her work has evolved to include large scale installations around the world including commissions and collaborations with companies such as Commes Des Garçons, CR Fashionbook, Absolut Vodka, Insight 51, Mini Cooper, Gap, Smart Car. She continues to participate in shows such as Milan's Triennale Design Museum, Le M.U.R. in Paris and the National Gallery of Australia, among others. Her installations have also been featured prominently at American monuments to contemporary culture, such as The Standard Hotel, South By Southwest and the Austin City Limits Festival.
Magda has most recently expanded her artwork to encompass new mediums and techniques as with her solo show in Rome, which explored the usage of lighting with knitted material. She continues to expand her boundaries by joining integrated media company 1stAveMachine as one of their directors which will serve as a platform for new types of experimentation and collaboration.
Recent projects include an installation for Dover Street Market in NYC covering a column spanning 6 floors and a knitted/crocheted Route Master Double Decker bus in London.
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