bar elboim
Black Sheep
Location
tel aviv / israel
University
Wizo academy of design
Graduation year
2023
Latest Collection
Our genes going through a process of evolution due to environmental traumatic influences, and the greater the impact, the more generations it will affect.
The project focuses on the genetic legacy of the resonating mind throughout generations.
Epigenetics is like the gene's garment – there's the gene and what envelops it, changing with each generation.
Studies conducted based on the Holocaust show that trauma passes through genes in two ways: the first way is through experiences absorbed in the household, and the second way is through the eggs in the womb that absorbed the trauma.
In the project I wanted to express the person in front of the genetic inheritance that resonates in him.
The collection combines duplicated and embroidered geometric forms, creating an effect of profound, floating depth between wholeness and fragmentation, opaque and transparent. Each look consists of transparent layers, with each layer resonating over the one beneath it.
I chose to use shades of white, black and red, creating transitions between them.
The project raises awareness about the importance of mental health treatment, not only for the individual but also for their descendants.