AbstractsEngineering

vemod(en)

by Maja Dixdotter




Institution: DIVA
Department:
Year: 2015
Keywords: perfection; twisted; control; Engineering and Technology; Materials Engineering; Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials; Teknik och teknologier; Materialteknik; Textil-, gummi- och polymermaterial; Fine Art; konstnÃĪrligt arbete; Textil- och modedesign; Textil- och modedesign
Record ID: 1345808
Full text PDF: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-172


Abstract

In this collection I have explored the paradox of perfection. The collection is an epic tribute to my prior self and discovers how the unperfect can be transformed to something, perceived, perfect. I flirt with my past obsessions in finding mathematically measured legs, exact tailored arms and perfectly fitted stockings. In a fun, poetic and melancholy way I invite the viewer on a highly visual voyage to my childhood where the obsession of finding costume perfection "Vemoden" the act of control becomes visual through statuesque frozen looks, where the previous unperfect becomes perfection.