My Installation part 2 !

well I had to redo my previous installation firstly with my actual collection and secondly because it has to be a feasible for the possible exhibition/fashion show on June 8th. So had to adapt the idea to using a simple wooden frame to hang the clothes off. I think it would look better with more time and resources but I m happy with the outcome and concept of my idea. Also wanted to maybe have models to stand behind the clothes but getting models are a pain unless you pay them and even then they might not be professional.

Two of Japan's Most Visionary & Free Spirited Women

Bringing together two of Japan’s most visionary and free spirited women, an installation from SANAA’s Kazuyo Sejima for Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. (2009-2010)

The spacial design by Sejima is reminiscent of the instillation that was held at SCAF Gallery in Sydney earlier this year, but the experience of the curved and subtly reflective space with Rei Kawakubo’s extraordinary shapes and colours floating throughout is overwhelmingly beautiful. The clothes cease to exist as individual garments and become unified as parts of one work, the full effect of which is best experienced from above, on ether side of the museum’s upper level The show makes evident many similarities between the architect and the designer; while Kawakubo shocked the fashion world in the 80s when she presented collections that showed complete disregard for things as fundamental to fashion as finished seams and hems, Sejima is well known for radically reconsidering accepted notions of space and built environments, also demanding thought and participation from anyone who experiences her work.

Separate to the installation there is a section dedicated to the artful interplay between two dimensionality and three dimensionality in Kawakubo’s work. Displaying garments on mannequins alongside photographs of the same garments removed from the body and laid flat, viewers can see how the clothes completely change form when they are on the body. The are virtually unrecognisable in the photographs, reminding us how closely aligned Kawakubo’s work is to the realms of sculpture and architecture.


Source & images from biginjapan.com.au


I like that the exhibition/installation is so spaced out because it give people enough space to interact around the work and immerse into each design with a 360 degree view!

Futuristic Flowers

London department store Harvey Nichols has unveiled window displays created by two Royal College of Art graduates, to coincide with London Fashion Week. (back in 2007)
The seven displays – called Futuristic Flowers – were created by Taiwanese designer Hsiao-Chi Tsai, who graduated from RCA Constructed Textiles course last year; and Japanese artist Kimiya Yoshikawa, who graduated from the RCA Sculpture course.

Harvey Nichols store in Knightsbridge has commissioned two recent Royal College of Art graduates, Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Kimiya Yoshikawa to create seven site-specific sculptural installations for its window display during London Fashion Week.

Both artists use inexpensive materials, but innovatively transform them into extraordinary creations. Tsai uses a unique 3D foam cutting technique to create individual organic, plant-like structures, together with intricate and colourful large-scale floral shapes. In extreme to the bold scale of the main installation, Tsai also produces small-scale pieces for the mannequins to wear as fashion accessories.

Source & images from www.dezeen.com

I think the window installation is truly futuristic as I believe it can be used even now in 2011 and not look dated. Its bold and colourful aesthetic really captures one's eye but I think the clothes could have complimented the installation better by maybe possibly choosing more robust designs and colours.