This weekend I took part in exhibition and showed an installation based on the same idea with my current collection. They both were inspired by . When I thought deeper about the way how the universe is designed, all the things around lost their importance and started to get shallow.
Is it possible to know how the room where you are sitting now “really” looks? And is there any objective reality?
This installation shows something that is impossible to imagine and portray. It’s about how limited is the information that we use. In this project I used small leaflets with the text describing a piece of clothing instead the piece itself. This way I wanted spectators to free their imagination and see pieces which aren’t present “here” and “now”.
On May 14 at the Benaki Museum, Athens there will be an opening of the exhibition ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion – the first exhibition about Character design in fashion.
Together with the exhibition, presents the fully illustrated publication NOT A TOY. Fashioning Radical Characters, edited by Vassilis Zidianakis, , published by Pictoplasma Publishing, Berlin, 2011. This extensive, colourful compilation about the growing influence of Character design in fashion and art highlights an international scene of established and upcoming designers and artists. You will find a few of my works in this book.
Unfortunately I couldn’t come to the opening night of The Future That Never Was exhibition. I’ve always appreciated designs from groovy 60s, by Mary Quant, Rudi Gernreich, Andre Courreges and the feeling of freedom and youth associated with them. Now you have an opportunity to take a look at their designs and works of many other great designers. The exhibition will last till the 5th of June 2011 at , Belgium.
I’m pleased to be a part of this exhibition.
Eskimo Glasses by André Courrèges
Paco Rabanne predicted falling of the Russian space station “Mir” on Paris in 1999. Lovely
Silver cyborg suit by Thierry Mugler
Reminiscence of the Space Odyssey
Shoes by Marloes ten Bhömer
“Squaring the square” in a space filled with triangles
Photos: , F.Claessens
Curator and concept: Kenneth Ramaekers
Assistant Curator: Eve Demoen
Research: Lise Braekers and Romy Cockx
Scenography: Lien Wauters
From the 29th of January 2011 you have an opportunity to visit an exhibition which shows visions of the future from the past, and the possible future of tomorrow. The exhibition will take place at the. The Future That Never Was presents a ‘futuristic’ view on the magical year 2000 from designers from the sixties and shows you a glance of new possibilities of tomorrow.
Throughout fashion history there has always been a strong connection between fashion and scientific, industrial innovations. Fashion designers have always used new technologies in their designs and the possible image of the future also springs from the new sciences and innovations.
Modern discoveries and progress are often directly reflected in their designs and collections.
In the sixties a new generation of these ‘modern’ designers rises. Pierre Cardin, Andre Courrèges, Rudi Gernreich and Paco Rabanne amongst others experimented with new forms and (synthetic) materials. These designers often represent an era in which fashion does not find inspiration in the past, but eagerly looks at the future.
The clothes that I prefer are those I invent for a life that does not exist yet – the world of tomorrow, Cardin once said. This resulted in dynamic new designs and styles that are still a source of inspiration for many (young) designers today. ∎more…
From the 29th of January 2011 until the 5th of June 2011 the shows visions of the future from the past, and the possible future of tomorrow. The “Squaring the square” collection will take part in this exhibition.
Eskimo Glasses by André Courrèges
