Knitflicks

7inch return to the Warwickshire countryside with a bagful of knitting shorts

Dates: 19 & 20 July 2008, 12-4pm

Price: Free with gallery entry (£7/£5)

A rolling programme of shorts and animation on a knitting and fabric theme, inspired by Compton Verney's new exhibition 'The Fabric of Myth.' As with last summer's hugely popular Shadowfilm weekend, we'll be turning the Adam Room into a temporary film cafe where you can watch shorts, eat cake and even have a go at knitting. (Free needles and wool courtesy of Coats, and expert tuition for beginners courtesy of Gloria.) Some people have asked us if we were able to find any knitting-relating films, but the problem has actually been fitting them all in. We have some corkers for you, including...

KNIT YOUR OWN KARMA
(Dir: Simon Hook, 10 mins, UK 2001)
Award-winning comedy about a magic tank-top.

THE LAST KNIT
(Dir: Laura Neuvonen, 7 mins, Finland 2005)
Computer-animated tale of one woman’s obsession.

TRICOT MACHINE: LES PEAUX DES LIÈVRES
(Dir: Simon Laguanière, 3 mins, Canada 2008)
Lovely promo for the Canadian duo using over 700 frames produced on an electronic knitting machine.

TETKE PLETKE (aka: Knitting Pretty)
(Dir: Zlatko Grgic, 7 mins, Yugoslavia 1969)
Cult cartoon character Professor Balthazar invents a Knitomatic to make octopus jumpers.

STERIOGRAM: WALKIE TALKIE MAN
(Dir: Michel Gondry, 4 mins, US 2005)
Godfather of music videos creates ingenious knitted world for Kiwi rock band.

The full programme is 70 minutes long and will screen at midday, 1.30pm and 3pm. (**not every two hours as previously stated**) Images, from top: Knit Your Own Karma; Tricot Machine promo; Knitting Pretty; Steriogram promo.

A brief trailer for Knitflicks, created by Kate Pemberton and Michael Johnston (Mike in Mono,

ZX Spectrum Orchestra) based on a knitting-machine design and hand-coded on a Sinclair Spectrum.