Monday, May 19, 2008

KO (Knock Off) Enterprises


Carol Frances Lung is currently the guest artist for the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network.

KO (knock off) Enterprises is a multi-national organization for the efforts to stop shopping, start sewing! The subsidiary companies of KO Enterprises are Sewing Rebellion, KO Manufacturing and the Synchronized Sewing Squad. Frau Fiber, CEO uses this Labor Formula: Labor (X) Geographical Location's Wage Scale (China, Mexico, Taiwan) (=) Cost of White-Collar Uniform.

KO Enterprises is supported by Gallery 400's At the Edge: innovative art in Chicago series, which commissions four new projects from Chicago area artists annually. Carol Lung's project is supported by At the Edge, which develops experimental projects that might not find support elsewhere. Gallery 400 is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, and a grant from the Illinois Arts council, a state agency; and Daryl Gerber Stokois and Jeff Stokois Voices Series. Carol Lung is also supported by an Emergency Grant from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Three Walls, Phantom Gallery, 1315 N. Western LLC, and Living Room Realty.

Sunday, May 18, 12-4 pm: KO Enterprises' White-collar shirt knock off instruction @ the Sewing Rebellion at Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave., Chicago.

KO Enterprise Productions Sites:
Monday, May 19, 9 am – 4:30 pm: Disassembly Manufacturing Location 3: Unite at Uniform Pants (333 South Ashland Ave., Chicago).

Tuesday, May 20 - Thursday, May 22, 8am-7pm: Disassembly Manufacturing Location 2: Suit Pants and Jacket (1513 N. Western @ North, #102, Chicago).

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNNITY TO TRY ON THE WHITE COLLAR UNIFORM AT THE MANUFACTURER'S SAMPLE SALE! The white-collar uniforms will be for sale priced on a geographical sliding scale.

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