Statues and streetlights dressed in balaclavas, scarves and knitted socks. Creativity has invaded the Republic Square, where Florentines have awakened this morning in a blaze of colors, to replace the greyness of the city. This is a taste of FringeOFFestival, a week of events at the opening of the Festival 2009, October 15 to 18 at the Fortezza da Basso. Behind the works 'knit' is the Swedish collective "the Masquerade": two artists who devote themselves full time to the Street Art disguising the urban landscape with the crocheted fabrics worked well. A "small-scale urban warfare" to fight the alienation of contemporary art with objects made by hand with attention-grabbing 'public craft'. Stockholm, their hometowns, as well as Paris, Copenhagen, Milan, Hamburg, Rome, Berlin and New York are some of the city already 'dressed' by the work of the team that has reached even the United States and South America. Do not take second place, the political significance of the project to claim the artistic value of a job - one grilled - traditionally considered feminine. ( Info:

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