The final of the series of events which have taken place in Inverness as part of Inverness Old Town Art’s Freaky Fridays takes place this Friday 16th December 2011 from 10am – 6pm on the Ground Floor at Old Town Rose Street Car Park in Inverness. This event is free to attend.

In this week’s final Freaky Friday the journey concludes; as we are transported upwards to heaven with yarnbombing duo Sundogs. Yarnbombing is an act of guerilla knitting; an international movement that celebrates the impact of individual and reacts against consumer culture. Sundogs’ installation, Cloudishness, provides a welcome lift to our spirits in the unexpected surroundings of Old Town Rose Street Car Park.

The multi-storey is one of the tallest buildings in Inverness with fantastic panoramic views of the sky and this Friday it will become a station where people can be transported to and from heaven via the lifts. Listen out for utopian public information messages broadcast from the departure lounge (aka the ticket machines on the ground floor), then be transported inside a knitted blue-sky cloudscape.

Sundogs are artists Annie Marrs and Jennifer Cantwell – Jennifer is a textile artist, running the acclaimed ‘Sporran Nation’ and Annie is an installation artist also active in theatre and community arts. Sundogs first worked together during IOTA’s Re-imaging the Centre in September 2009 where they yarnbombed the Three Virtues on Church Street, the graveyard at Old High St Stephen’s and other hidden spaces around the old town.

Freaky Fridays are part of IOTA”s Sublime programme funded by Creative Scotland. Visit the IOTA website here: www.invernessoldtownart.co.uk

IOTA is an arts organisation dedicated to engaging the public and bringing contemporary art to the Highlands of Scotland. IOTA creates and brokers opportunities for public art projects through forging unexpected alliances across diverse situations and supporting work about and in response to the Highlands.

IOTA is funded by The Highland Council, Creative Scotland and Inverness Common Good Fund.