Fashioning Now: changing the way we make and use clothes
A project from the University of Technology,Sydney
The Fashioning Now project aims to investigate the way in which clothing is produced, used and discarded. The project outcomes focused on providing educational activities that comprised of an exhibition, a symposium, a project website, and a book that feature innovative research projects from Australian and international scholars and practitioners. Through these activities Fashioning Now proposes to highlight the diverse range of sustainable solutions currently being explored by researchers, designers and manufacturers, while predicting possible scenarios for a future fashion industry. Project led by: Alison Gwilt and Timo Rissanen
This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust. Fashioning Now is also supported by the University of Technology, Sydney, and UTS Gallery. NEWS: Fashioning Now opens at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia from 24th July until 19th September 2010. Seehttp://www.fac.org.au/exhibitions.aspx for more information.
Image: Romance Was Born, The Garden of Eden, performance at the Kaliman Gallery, 2008. Photography by Limuel Martine
http://www.fashioningnow.com/
