arts of clothes

For many of the opera costumes, the ones in odd sizes or past their prime, the wait is in vain, their requiems sung. And that is where E. V. Day comes in.

the project For City Opera Costumes, Lofty New Roles, now suspended in the promenade of the David H. Koch Theater.

the artist Ms. Day composed sculptures by using the vintage opera costumes.

Another artist, also a female named Lucy Orta had projects of refuge clothes in 1990s.

She had the "refuge wear" as a serie which included many styles of clothes made for refuge. The serie also has a name "Modual architecture" meaning that the clothes is considered to be an personal architecture——body architecture.

Deprived of work, money, shelter, the third world is gradually invading the major capitals. Survival is the new slogan of the decade. By involving individuals in difficulty, whether isolated or as part of a group, and encouraging them to participate in collective actions consisting notably of producing Refuge Wear or Survival Kits, the artist clearly raises the question of the citizen, underlining his role as a part of the whole. To be a citizen is to participate in society

This is interesting to see how two artists consider the element "clothes" in totally different ways that have pushed clothes to two extreme ways. One is totally nonfunctional while the other is all about function even it's original concept is more meaningful. And they both have done good job on their own subjects.

This is what we face today——too many possibilities. It is even harder to chose what to do than to do; to chose which part we can work on the subject or object than to work on them. And no choice will be considered as the best.