INTERACTIONAL IDENTIFICATION DESIGN IS MY SENIOR EXHIBITION, EXPLORING THE BREADTH OF IDENTITY THROUGH THE EXPRESSION OF GARMENT. THIS COLLECTION QUESTIONS THE WAY WE INTERACT NOT ONLY WITH OUR CLOTHING, BUT WITH EACH OTHER IN THE PROCESS
THESIS: FASHIONING RELIGION IN QUEER DESIGN
WHETHER IT IS THE MEDIATION OF GARMENT, OR A RETALIATION AGAINST THE EVER-POWERFUL HAND OF THE CHURCH, QUEER DESIGNERS HAVE EXISTED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH RELIGIOUS IMAGERY IN FASHION AND IT POSES QUESTIONING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY AND THE WAY IT IS ARTICULATED THROUGH CLOTHING. I.D. ELABORATES THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY IN FASHIONING- WELL, FASHION.
SEE ME - T-SHIRT (CYANOTYPE AND SCREEN PRINT)
CLOTHING BEGINS WITH A VISION. A PRESENTATION OF IDENTITY, AND THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE MORE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE. BUT IN DISSECTING IDENTITY, WE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER IN ENTIRETY THAN IN PIECES. THE INTERACTION WITH THIS GARMENT TELLS THE STORY OF ABSTRACTING IDENTITY FROM CLOTHING. HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE? AT WHAT POINT DO THE SUM OF OUR IDENTITIES BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE INDIVIDUAL FACETS?
TOUCH ME - HEAT REACTIVE PANTS (SCREEN PRINT & DYE PIGMENT)
PERHAPS IDENTITY IS BEST DEMONSTRATED IN THE WAY WE PROJECT ONTO ONE ANOTHER. IF SOMEONE WERE NOT THERE TO PERCEIVE YOU, WHO WOULD YOU BE? THE INTERACTION WITH THESE HEAT-REACTIVE PANTS ELABORATE THE IDEA OF A DIMINISHING INFLUENCE ON ONE ANOTHER. THE INTERACTIONAL NATURE OF IDENTITY IS AN EVER-LASTING LOOP OF REVOLVING PERSONA'S, CONSTANTLY BEING INFLUENCED BY THOSE AROUND YOU. AS WE PERCEIVE A VISUAL PRINT ON THE GARMENT, WE QUESTION THE INTERSECTION OF IDENTITY BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES.
READ ME - DRESS (BLEACH SCRCLOTHING IS A UNIVERSALLY UNSPOKEN LAN-GUAGE, WE SAY SO MUCH WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING AT ALL. THIS GARMENT ELABORATES THE IDEA OF AN UNSPOKEN INTERACTION, WHILE STILL COMMUNICATING SO MUCH. WE QUESTION THE CAPABILITIES OF GARMENT AS A VESSEL FOR INTERACTION WHILE RECOGNIZING THE LIMITATIONS IT PRESENTS. HOW MUCH CAN YOU SAY WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING AT ALL?
I.D. ZINE - RISOGRAPH PRINTED ZINE
THESIS - RISOGRAPH PRINTED POST CARD
