NohColour presents: The Wearable Art Challenge
Curated by Miyo (artofcolor AT yahoo DOT com)
What is Wearable Art?
The body becomes a canvas; where the lines of fashion, art and craft blur and merge. Individually designed pieces as a form of artistic self-expression in the form of wearable art.
Wearable art on Wikipedia
The Challenge
Rules
The challenge is open to everyone especially those participants of Burning Man.
You don’t need to have any experience nor skills in fashion, costuming, arts or crafts.
This challenge is an incentive for everyone to get involved in creating your own artistic self-expressive piece(s.
You can glue, staple, weld, melt, weave, dye, print, knit, sculpt, paint and yes even sew your wearable art.
Each contestant must build his or her own creation. You cannot have someone else make it for you. Businesses are not allowed to enter the challenge.
Think about what you’d like to make and how to make it.
Express yourself! Be creative and adventurous in your concept. Look outside the box. Inspiration can be found in furniture, architecture, sculpture and other unconventional sources.
Categories
There are five categories to choose from. You can enter only one look per category with a maximum of 2 categories per person.
Recycled/Reusable Materials: Build a complete look using only recyclable/reuseable materials such as plastic bags, foil, soda cans, plastic utensils, plates, foam, paper products or plastic products. Fabric may only be used as an under base structure and will not be judged as part of the design.
Headpiece: Headpieces must be able to stand alone on the head. Any use of materials is allowed.
Lighting and Technology: The main focus of your look is the use of lighting such as electroluminescent wire(el wire), fiber optic lighting, LED lighting, phosphorescent, glow in the dark and UV reactive fluorescent materials. Can be either a complete outfit or a headpiece.
Fringes: Build a complete look that will create a fringed effect showing movement by using materials such as rope, string, yarn, chain, cording, fabric strips or ribbon.
Air: Inflatables, balloons, bubble wrap or any device such as smoke that conveys air built into a complete look.
Fashion Show
All entries will be presented in a runway fashion show at Disorient’s Compressor party on July 11th 2008 at Club Exit, Brooklyn, NY.
You have 3 months to create your piece(s).
Please keep in mind that all entries will be modeled at the runway show and need to withstand being taken on and off, participate in photo shoots and fittings.
You can model the piece yourself or find someone else to model it for you if you cannot attend the show.
Winners and Honorable Mentions will be selected by a panel of judges.
Winners and Honorable Mentions will be announced at the end of the fashion show.
Entry forms will be available May 2008 on the NYBurn lists, Tribe.net and Disorient.com
Deadline for entry forms is July 1st 2008.
Ideas to spur your imagination and creativity
http://www.worldofwearableart.com/
Wearable art competition
http://hiddenice.livejournal.com/7479.html
http://www.theartofballoons.com/Page2.html
http://www.balloonfashion.com/Home_Page.php
http://www.stylefuture.com/
http://twenty1f.com/
http://drawn.ca/2008/03/27/plastic-bag-animals-inspirational-street-art/
http://www.surfacemag.com/index.html
http://www.talk2myshirt.com/
Ballon Art YouTube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdvoiS7HY90&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgIYTyao6c
to make a Balloon Jester Hat
Fusing Plastic Bags YOuTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNziDXtm1SA
plastic bottles
newspaper dress
telephone cord wig
braided plastic bag dress
Books
- Artwear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion by Melissa Leventon
- Beyond Craft: the art of fabric by Mildred Constantine and Jack Larson
- Issey Miyake: Making Things by Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
- Knitwear in Fashion by Sandy Black
- Fashioning the Future: Tomorrow’s Wardrobe by Suzanne Lee
- Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale
