In this issue
Donald Bracken
Anne Cecile Surga
Gerd GM Brockmann
Alexandre Dang
Sergey Sobolev
Byron Rich
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Miya Ando
USA
The installation piece Emptiness The Sky is inspired by a Japanese kanji character,‘ Sora’ which means both‘ emptiness or void’ as well as‘ sky’. Sunyata is another word for this idea. The idea was to create an empty space of reflection, the form is inspired by traditional‘ chashitsu’ or tea houses, a very simple structure which delineates a space separate from the mundane world. The piece is about memory, identity and the notion of‘ home’. The free-standing sculpture is clad on the exterior with a charred wood, called Yaki-sugi or Shou Sugi Ban. This material is used in my neighborhood in
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Gerd Brockmann Germany
I work in different participatory projects and countries as contemporary multidisciplinary artist to research with experimental materials getting a better comprehension of fashion and art as communication concept and I found a new visual language for me. Textiles are our constant companions. They offer us a second skin and protection, express what we carry as a mood, serve as a reflection in the daily lives and give us the confidence that we are the person for whom we hold. Because our clothing style, our game with the enveloping our body betrays us and others, which put an individual behind the sewn, textile material.
Annemarieke Van Peppen The Netherlands
I think my way of working is pretty intuitive, I don ' t want to be destracted by technique. I always look for a certain directness and raw-ness. My work researches boundaries between fashion, art and society. I like to bring my models, even if I am the model myself, out of their comfort zone, it often gives a reaction or emotion wich helpes me forming the image and the deve-lopment of my concept. Once I process the images, I like to work with my hands and experiment with materials and shapes. I think rawness and a particular way of repetition it is a common thread in my work.
Blazo Kovacevic
Monika Supé
Nicolas Vionnet
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Special thanks to: Charlotte Seegers, Martin Gantman, Krzysztof Kaczmar, Tracey Snelling, Nicolas Vionnet, Genevieve Favre Petroff, Christopher Marsh, Adam Popli, Marilyn Wylder, Marya Vyrra, Gemma Pepper, Maria Osuna, Hannah Hiaseen and Scarlett Bowman, Yelena York Tonoyan, Edgar Askelovic, Kelsey Sheaffer and Robert Gschwantner.