Fashioning the Body, a conversation about the relationship between fashion and the body, moderated by Aya Noël.
FASHIONCLASH in collaboration with The Body Collective
23 October, 12.00 – 13.30
Sectie-C area, Hall 10 - L, Daalakkersweg 10 -22, Eindhoven
Access Free with DDW Ticket
Moderator: Aya Noël
Speakers: Marlou Breuls (House of Rubber), Dirk Vaessen, Anouk van Klaveren (Das Leben am Haverkamp), Lisette Apeldoorn
Fashioning the Body
Fashion, seen as an extension of the body, connects us with ourselves (intuition, DNA, thoughts, memories) and the world (the other, society, culture). The relationship between fashion and the body is an inseparable bond with both complex and playful creative expressions potential. Designing with and/or around the body is a recurring approach to many design approaches. This relationship is often explored, questioned, contextualized and sometimes it’s ethical and applicable boundaries are being stretched.
FASHIONCLASH approaches fashion as an artistic discipline with a multidimensional vision where unexpected connections between people, fashion, different art forms and industries are made. By making unconventional connections, the role of fashion, the multimedia (fashion) language and new visions and practices are explored.
While this isn't a new conversation, it's an important one to have, precisely because the relationship between fashion and the body is so undeniable.
For this conversation we invited a group of designers/artists to talk about their approach to the body within their practice. We look at disciplines that work around the body, such as fashion, jewelry and performance, and the co-relation between these disciplines. And we look at the role of the body in the context of social developments.
The Body Project during DDW
The Body Project is an ongoing dialogue between different makers, their work and its focus on the body and to re-contextualize the context of jewelry by examining the relationship with the body as a framework and questioning the relationship between the body and the object.
Collaborations between makers from different disciplines, moving at the intersection of different disciplines, such as, photography, performance, fine art and fashion will be the focus during the presentation. The body will be approached in “The Body Project” from different perspectives such as; culture, identity, objectification, de humanisation, power structures, social engineering, the future, the repressed body, the future body (post humanism), the superfluous body (robotics)
The Body Project participants; Lisette Appeldorn, Christiaan Bastiaans, Celio Braga, Kristin Beeler, Yarina Dai, Bill Durgin, Loan Favan, Maaike Fransen, Naomi Filmer, Anke Huyben, Esther Jiskoot, Jeannette Knigge, Lucy Macrae, Chequita Nahar, Onno Poiesz, Katja Prins, Ana Rajcevic, Juvana Soliven, Elke de Sutter, Ton Zwerver
DDW program
The Body Collective is an artist initiative, consisting of 3 artists/designers (Chequita Nahar, Anke Huyben and Katja Prins) who collaborate on initiating, organizing and producing exhibitions and other events such as lectures, talks, film screenings etc. We aspire to be a leading platform for dialogue and encounter between design and the visual arts.
https://thebodycollective.nl
www.instagram.com/the.bodycollective