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My beautiful Samuel took a one way ticket to Sweden yesterday.. Miss you already.. x
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Disposable happy snaps..
Disposable happy snaps..
I shot a short film for label “Orri Henrisson” on Sunday in the sweltering heat.
It was a lot of fun and I look forward to see it screen at No Home as a part of Fashion week here in Melbourne!
Here’s a still for you to have a look at!
Anti-Luddites
Recently I modelled in a photoshoot for a 4th year RMIT fashion student, John Gosper.
Below is an interview with the amazing designer, photographs and a video showcasing the textures, lines and colours of these grotesquely stunning garments.
Can you give us a quick deconstruction of what your beautiful pieces entail and the process you went through to create them?
The pieces represent a fetishistic approach to the human body, they are conceptually motivated by the physical manipulation of the body in a ‘posthuman’ future.
each piece represents some form of the body: teeth, skin, hair, torn flesh/muscle
the materiality was important: utilising accessible and inexpensive fabrications (such as rubber bands, wadded jersey and MDF) and applying unique techniques for an innovative and transformative result
How long did it take to put all of the pieces together?
each garment has quite a lot of hours in them, to achieve the textures took a series of days…
Would you call your work body architecture?
In some ways yes! I think architecture and clothing design belong to the same discipline family to begin with, simply because they both must consider the human body. This project specifically focused on how the movement of the body could influence an ephemeral silhoutte.
i would be more inclined to place my work in between the realms of architecture and art. I think art infers an open-ended discussion of [new] ideas and for me, clothing/dressing is an avenue for this.
What promotion and events have you used your designs in? What was the reaction you received?
The series was part of MSFW in September, that was fun. The reaction there was great, people mostly commented on how ‘beautiful’ everything looked. But I feel like if they had a closer inspection they would be slightly grossed out by it! Which is one of the intentions of the project: a conflict in emotionality - attraction/repulsion. The pieces are currently on show at the RMIT University GPO exhibition. I have curated them as one entire outfit, on one body, it looks like a monster!
Have you heard of the Australian designer Lucy MacRae? You both share similar outlooks on your approach and feel a collaboration between you two would be amazing!
I am a huge fan of Lucys. Her work is striking and she [and her international collaborator Bart Hess] explores some similar terrain to my work. They both work with lo-tech items to produce a striking ‘fashion image’.
PS LUCY I would love to collaborate!!!
And lastly, you’ve just completed your 4th year studying fashion design at RMIT. Congratulations! Tell us what’s on the horizon for John Gosper?
INTERNING! also I will continue to work in a similar vain to what I have produced in my final year at RMIT. Also collaborations, exhibitions & applying for grants: working within costume design is an area of interest too.
Photography - Anna May
- Samuel Nicolausson
