"Interruption, incoherence and surprise are the ordinary conditions of our life. They have even become real needs for many people, whose minds are no longer fed … by anything but sudden changes and constantly renewed stimuli … We can no longer bear anything that lasts. We no longer know how to make boredom bear fruit." PAUL VALERY.
THIS COLLECTION IS INSPIRED BY THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIETY. WE LIVE FASTER AND FASTER AND FEEL MORE STRESSED THEN EVER BEFORE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FASTER WE DO STUFF, THE MORE TIME WE WILL HAVE. TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND THE DIGITALIZATION HAS SHRUNK THE WORLD. THROUGH INVENTIONS WE TRY TO FREE TIME, BUT INSTEAD OF USING THE FREE TIME TO RECOVER, WE EXPECT MORE OUT OF A DAY AND A LIFETIME. THIS HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE OF DEPRESSION, BURN-OUTS AND ANXIETY.
EVERYTHING IN OUR SOCIETY ISN'T ACCELERATING. SINCE OUR CAPITALISTIC ECONOMY NEEDS CONSTANT GROWTH, WE HAVE TO RUN FASTER EACH YEAR TO EVEN REMAIN STATUS QUO. WE HAVE LOST THE SENSE THAT SPEED IS MOVING US FORWARD. WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A STANDSTILL.
TEMPORARY/I'M FINE IS A COLLECTION ABOUT A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE, WHERE THE ACCELERATION HAS TURNED EVERYTHING TEMPORARY: MOMENTARY, PASSING, IRREGULAR, WITH NO THOUGHT OF CONTINUANCE. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE PARADOX OF MOVEMENT IN A STANDSTILL, AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATES THE ABSURDITY OF A SOCIETY THAT KEEPS GOING LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING, SAYING "I'M FINE" WHEN MAYBE WE'RE SOON TO BE FACING THE "END OF THE WORLD".
THIS COLLECTION IS ALSO A COMFORT AS WELL AS A SMALL HOPE, THAT ALL OF WHAT WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING IS JUST - TEMPORARY.
