I’m currently expanding on the outfit idea that I’ve had as well - regarding the defensive & increasingly private, controlled, city. Why look into this particular idea anyway?
We all communicate via what we wear - even if we don’t pay special attention. How can I utilise this? The purpose would be to communicate how restrictive, unfriendly & controlling a city has become. In aid of what though? Talking about the importance of public (state controlled or public community) space, versus that of private (read: corporate), control.
How does this relate to my brief? I’m primarily looking at how communities work, why they are breaking down, how they break down, and how, or even if, we can fix them. My first point of call was to look at community centres - physical or nebulous. The city is a gargantuan community centre. When it breaks down, the communities that rely on it do too. So, before you can start troubleshooting a problem, the problem needs to present itself & an obvious way to go about that is to anthropomorphise said problem - to encourage empathy, and make it obvious.
A facet fashion is the concept of wearable ideas. Confronted with this, what would people think? Would it work? Our bodies are private space - they are under our control. This is why consent discourse is such an important part of our daily lives - both spoken & unspoken. With that being said, is the public/private space battle & increasing fortification of a city, able to be translated into a wearable idea, would it take? Or would it simply confuse the issue further or illicit no response? Or worse, illicit a response that would encourage further destruction and division?
