Quantum: Senior Collection

"Quantum" explores the pervasive anxiety surrounding technological advancement. Innovations celebrated as milestones of human progress have come to serve systems of power more than the people they claim to benefit. Consumer technology disguises itself with sleek finishes, insidiously seducing the use

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r while camouflaging surveillance. Cutting edge innovations such as quantum computers, by contrast, flaunt their mechanical prowess through beautifully organized wires and descending disks.

"Quantum" places the body inside machines that subsist off our energy. Combining these distinct technological aesthetics, the collection develops a vision of futurism for the 2020s that grapples with the existential complexity of innovation. Its silhouettes are adapted from antiquated practices - crinolines, bustles, corsetry, cartridge pleating, natural dyeing - resisting fast fashion's prioritization of quantity over quality. The pervasive societal armature is reflected in the discomfort of wearing these clothes.

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Type

Womenswear, Menswear, Androgynous

Methods

3D Print, Sculpture