Restricted Movements is a experimental fashion design research project. It explores the performative and communicative potential of garments and objects in relation to space. The project investigates the relationship and possibilities of garments, how it can be used to influence the body and its move
ments. The project uses restriction and interaction as methods for creating new possibilities in wearing and moving.
This work is presented as video performances. The term Performance has many different significations. According to the Oxford Dictionary (2019), it can be seen as the act of performing a task or as the presentation of for example a music piece. In the context of this work, performance should be understood as the act of using the body as the main tool for expressing an art piece. In this practice the artist's body could be viewed as being “both the subject the object of the art” (Johansson, 2018).
This research is located at the intersection of fashion and art. Fashion in itself is a way of performing. The clothes can transform the wearer, this is often used to express political status, profession, personality, subculture or status to name a few (Johansson 2018). This work could be described as conceptual fashion that works interdisciplinary between the fields of fine arts (Bugg 2009). One could also refer to the practice as speculative fashion, a type of fashion that speculates in how something could look on a body without knowing. Only by trying it out one can find the answer, but even then the piece can change depending on the circumstances. (Larsen 2019)
Master in fine arts - Fashion design
I started my own company in 2011 that bought and soled vintage clothes online. The company has been on hold during my studies.
Bachelor in textile-craft, art and design.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
English
Fluent
French
Professional knowledge
Swedish
Native language