WHO ART YOU / IN CONVERSATION WITH CELINE
Freda Xia
Freda Xia begins with trusting the process, then introduces works made with gelatin, fibers and upcycled plastic bags. An object that can be both hung and worn opens a way to reconsider the relationship between materials and the body.
ONE QUESTION TO WATCH WITH
Can a material’s new form change our relationship with the body?
Exhibition image for Negotiated Skin: a soft material structure worn on the body. · Cover image source ↗
FROM CONVERSATION TO WORK
Look a little closer
In the wearable presentation of Negotiated Skin, notice how soft material meets or leaves the body, alongside the interview’s discussion of reuse.
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Exhibition image for Negotiated Skin: a wearable membrane-like structure and the body.
Image source: New York Textile Month · Work source ↗Keep a thought for yourselfOnly in this browser, never public
YOUR TURN
Before a material is discarded, can you imagine another use or form it might take?
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Take the question somewhere new
Bring different artists’ work and conversations together, and see how your own answer changes.
