Artist Handmade Nation
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Handmade Nation
Faythe Levine’s DIY craft documentary Handmade Nation asks a fascinating question: “Can the mundane be considered revolutionary?” For Levine, the answer is “yes,” especially now that craft-making has moved beyond the realm of old ladies and sock puppets and into something younger, more vital, and possibly even world-changing. Levine interviewed more than 50 artists around the country for the film. A number of them—most notably Stephanie Syjuco, who runs the San Francisco-based clothing company Anti-Factory—approach craft-making as an explicit commentary on the damage brought on by mass production: the economic peril wrought by big-box retailers, the horrors of sweatshop labor, and capitalism’s overall negative impact on the environment.
Updated 08/18/2009
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