Electronic Etherealism and Digital Perfume
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This Friday there will be lectures and discussions at the Pratt Institute on the topic of fashion and technology. Specifically, issues such as "perfumes, essential etherealism and fashion mythology, technology, memory and process" will be explored. Don't know what any of that means? Go here to read more on the themes and the presenters. The lectures will be followed the next day by a closed brainstorming session at Eyebeam, in which Fashion Projects will also be taking part. We will definitely write more about this sure-to-be intriguing experience.Details:Friday, October 27th4:00 - 8:00 pmPratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue, BrooklynSponsored by the Digital Arts Laboratory, Department of Digital Arts and School of Architecture at Pratt Institute, hosted by the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt InstituteList of Speakers:-Mouna Andraos, interaction designer-Otto von Busch, fashion theorist & designer, organizer-Giana González, designer-Despina Papadopoulos, interaction designer, adjunct professor, NYU, ITP, organizer-Eddie Roschi, co-founder, Le Labo fragrances-Clemens Thornquist, Head of Fashion, School of Textiles University College of Borås, guest researcher, FITPanel discussion moderated by Timothy Mohn, Founding Director of the Digital Arts Research Laboratory at Pratt Institute in New York City
Fashion Projects #5 is devoted to fashion curation, examining the meteoritic rise in relevance of fashion exhibitions.
It features interviews with an eclectic assortment of leading practitioners from different corners of the world. The issue includes long Q&As with Harold Koda, the longtime, recently retired curator of the Met’s Costume Institute, as well as the Museum at FIT’s veteran leader Valerie Steele. It also features interviews with curators in Antwerp (the ModeMuseum’s Kaat Debo), Toronto (Royal Ontario Museum’s Alexandra Palmer) and Venice (Maria Luisa Frisa); academics studying the field (Hazel Clark, Annamari Vänskä, and Alistair O’Neill); and, giving an on-the-ground perspective, the Met’s head conservator, Sarah Scaturro. The issue’s cover stars Greer Lankton’s sculptural representation of legendary Vogue editor and Costume Institute doyenne Diana Vreeland, who continues to loom over the field years after her death.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Showmanship and History: An Interview with Harold Koda by Francesca Granata
Woman of Steele: An Interview with Valerie Steele by Lisa Santandrea
Exploring Fashion’s Openness: An Interview with Kaat Debo by Alex Esculapio
London, After a Fashion Curator: An Interview with Alistair O’Neill by Alexis Romano
Curation and Conservation: An Interview with Sarah Scaturro by Mae Colburn
Reflections on Fashion Curating
An Interview with Hazel Clark and Annamari Vänskä
Fashion in the Vast Museum: An Interview with Alexandra Palmer by Ingrid Mida
Restless Curating: An Interview with Maria Luisa Frisa by Marco Pecorari