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 .