User:Andres Matos

A r t e f a c t

Shirt wrapped around mannequin, Christo, 1958

V i s u a l P r e s e n t a t i o n

My specific craft lies in relation with newer technologies are: What if the paint he used was done with an airbrush or graffiti, the garment used was a sweater instead of a mensshirt and a kable (smartphone charger) instead of a rope? By doing this i would be using a more contemporary medium to give the artefact a different meaning. The easthetic would be more street and new instead of antique and historic.

What if there were’nt mannequins?

What if the artefact was litteraly kopied and printed onto a fabric as an image. To make it 2d instead of 3d. By doing this I would be using the printer as a newer technologie. After this i could use the printed image to make another form of it. This way the context of the artefact would be different.

what if this artefact (shirt wrapped around mannequin, Christo, 1958 was actually made into a garment? I wanted to make a garment by using the wrapping technique as inspiration but using other material to give it another meaning. I wanted it to give a sensual meaning because the wrapping with rope arround the artefact gave me a sensual connotation. How can I translate this connotation to a garment? And what is a sensual material that i can use to make the garment? My first idea was lingerie. That got me thinking that there isn’t really lingerie for men so, what if I use womenslingerie as inspirtion to make men’s lingerie. Or any kind of garments to give it a sensual meaning. I think that this idea to make the mens contemporary image more sensual is a conteporary idea when you look at the cultural changes that are happening. Women are rising to the top and the sterotypical image and role of the men has been challenged more and more especially the past few years.

The first and the last lie speak to me the most. Since I allready choose the last one i’m sticking to that but im curious how the first lie would turn out. In the last lie there isn’t really new technologie included(if you dont include the technologie that has been used to knit the panty) so I have to see how I can incorperate this into the piece. However im curious about the possibilities. Therefore im making a serie to show the possibilities of the wrapping technique.