Canaries in the Coalmine

In the context of the impending parliamentary elections, a metaphor emerged for us to work with as a collective; "Canary in the coalmine".

A key issue in the upcoming elections is the future of funding and  grants, for the Arts, in Sweden. Future funding  may be in jeopardy and art residencies like the one we are on, may no longer exist post election.

Art and artists function much like "Canaries in the coalmine", as an early warning system, an immune system, for that society. 

What happens to societies that no longer have canaries?

Our knitting performance explores these issues.