05 November 2006

Guest: Kita McIntosh


It is hard to write an introduction to Kita…
Her style is so full of idéas, life and perhaps most of all joy over life…

But Picasso once called Dalí "an outboard motor that´s always running." I think that is a quote that's accurate for Kita too...

In her own words:

Well...Chris said I can say anything, even wax lyrical about my knitting techniques...indeed ..actually...knitting can be very creative.

What I did was, I knitted Antony, my hermaphrodite doll. (after my fave singer) . Antony has a bag across his shoulder (as the real Antony always wears). Content: a pair of tits, a knitted dick and a knitted fanny. I just wanted to give Antony the..choice... Life is about choices isnt it? Well it should be. AH but wait for it! The thing is, I created Antony so that then I could shoot him, you see. With my cameras that is. And THAT is the connection with photography, as this is a photo place, after all. See? There was a logic..

I also knitted Ariosto and took shots of him posing among a herd of cows. As Chris says, bovines are extremely photogenic, especially if there is an Ariosto among them. Ariosto is striped, 2 ply wool, in case you are interested. Needles size 3 and a half, if I recall correctly.





















I once hang a fork from a washing line and called it "the suicidal fork".


That,s me really, in a hazelnut shell (a walnut would be too pompous). Art? Dont know nothing about art. I am a doodler...take a piece of paper, a pencil and shut my eyes, and let my 3 cells guide my hand....it works! For me anyway....


Ps..or was it 4 ply wool?

Ps2: born in Italy. Ancient (53). Living in paradise (Highlands of Scotland). Hobbies: knitting....




You can find more of Kita here. Invited by Christofer Grandin.

6 comments:

F said...

you know, I got a package from her today . . . she called it a "wee package" and with the accompanying note, she mentioned that she was on her way to Las Vegas. With a Holga.

???

only Kita, our Toppy.

Jeanne

F said...

Yes Kita is out of this world
and she turned me down
naughty gal
but I don´t mind u know
Chris is much more handsome
good to see you!
-u said that

F said...

Just wonderful, too look at your picture and read your text made my Sunday morning. Outside its kind of greyish, but inside its sunny now:) Good to see you here Kita, thanks for sharing and thank you Chris for inviting Kita.

/Thomas

F said...

wonderful, really wonderful.
/ f.

F said...

Randomian dreams at it's best...

/Carrot

F said...

Wonderful pictures. Especially the circus-picture (?) is fantastic.