“Survival Blanket for an Underground City” is an installation created specifically for Montreal’s “Art Souterrain.” The artists’ aim was to make a quilt that would function as a cozy resting place for the many visitors throughout the evening. Since it is located in Montreal’s underground city, the quilt reflects the history of the space. It combines maps and drawings in a variety of mediums to illustrate the underground city and encourages the visitors to reflect on the space around them.
The idea also makes reference to the history of quilting. Quilting has been a collective “female’’ activity in the past, and that is important to Focus Group because their goal is to make engaging art together as emerging female artists.
Here is a few images of the patches created for this contemporary quilt:
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