(NO) WHERE (NOW) HERE.

The series comprising two dresses, made of photoluminescent thread and imbedded eye tracking technology, is activated by spectators's gaze. A photograph is said to be “spoiled” by blinking eyes –here however, the concept of presence and of disappearance are questioned, as the experience of chiaroscuro –clarity and obscurity–is achieved through an unfixed gaze. The project will be on exhibition at Shanghai's new Museum of contemporary art – Power station of Art (PSA) in Novembre 2013, and at the Textile Museum of Canada in the Spring of 2014.

The project was inspired by the essay entitled "Esthétique de la disparition" (The aesthetic of disappearance), by Paul Virilio (1979).

"Absence often occurs at breakfast time – the tea cup dropped, then spilled on the table being one of its most common consequences. Absence lasts but a few seconds, its beginning and end are sudden. However closed to outside impressions, the senses are awake. The return is as immediate as the departure, the suspended word or movement is picked up where it was left off as conscious time automatically reconstructs itself, thus becoming continuous and free of any apparent interruption."

CREDITS.

Fashion designer.- Ying Gao.
Team.- Simon Laroche (designer), Andrée-Anne Bédard, Marie-Ève Lecavalier (assistants), Sandrine Geoffrion, Helena Brohm (interns).
Video.- Curious Montreal.
Models.- Folio.
Hair & make up.- Emilie Filteau.
Shoes.- Jerome C. Rousseau.
Via.- v2com.

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YING GAO

Gao Ying. Diseñadora de moda con sede en Montreal y profesora de la UQAM, ganadora del Phyllis Lambert-Design de Montréal, Gao Ying formula preguntas acerca de nuestras suposiciones sobre la ropa, combinando diseño urbano, arquitectura y multimedia. Explora la construcción de la prenda, tomando su inspiración de las transformaciones del entorno social y urbano. Ella es la única diseñadora de moda incluidos por los británicos de la revista Wallpaper en su Top 40. Reconocida en todo el mundo, sus diseños se presentan con frecuencia en los museos y galerías. El Diseño es su medio, situada en el entorno tecnológico más que en el campo de la industria textil. Las tecnologías sensoriales le permiten que las prendas sean más lúdicas e interactivas. Ying Gao explora tanto el estado del individuo, cuyos contornos físicos se transforman por interferencias externas, como la función de la prenda de vestir como un espacio de protección frágil. Su trabajo pone de manifiesto la profunda mutación del mundo en el que vivimos y lleva consigo una dimensión crítica radical que trasciende la tecnológica de experimentación.

Published on: June 20, 2013

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