Antoine-Emmanuel

OVERWHELM AS A COLLECTION DEMONSTRATING A THOUGHT THAT OPULENCE AND EFFERVESCENCE ARE NOT THE ENEMY OF ECOLOGICAL CONCERN. THE APPROACH, WHICH IS BASED ON A POSITIVE REAPPROPRIATION OF STOCKS OF FABRICS AND SOPHISTICATED VINTAGE PIECES, DEMONSTRATES THAT FROM DEHUMANIZED OVERPRODUCTION CAN RESULT A PERSONAL AND EMBODIED ARTEFACT. OVERPRINTING BY BLOCKPRINT, AMONG OTHERS, REVISITS ANCESTRAL KNOW-HOW USING CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES. PLAYFUL AND NAÏVE, PLAYING WITH PROPORTIONS, IT EVOKE A RELATIONSHIP AS MUCH TO CHILDHOOD AS TO THE NOTION OF DESIRABILITY. OVERWHELM IS AS MUCH INSPIRED BY THE GRUNGE MOVEMENT AS BY AN ANTIQUE OR ETHNIC WARDROBE, IT PLAYS ON ARCHETYPES DEFINED BY THE GENRE, IRONIZES ON THE OBSOLETE ASPECT OF THE NOTION OF «SEASON», AND SUPPORTS THE ARGUMENT ACCORDING TO WHICH ECO-DESIGN IS NOT THE ENEMY OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS.
PICTURES : Emma Burlet / Rosanna Lefeuvre
MODELS : Klara Boscic / Clarisse Lemoine