DISPOSABLE FASHION (2006)
Disposable Fashion is a series of costumes that I constructed using disposable materials, hair curlers, pads, latex gloves, sponges.
It's a double arrow. It's a Fashion statement and a Global Warn/ming call. I use disposable objects to construct the costumes to literally declare what I think fashion is now. Clothing used to be custom-made and worn until it was not repairable ( my grandmother's job back in Italy). The modern fashion industry produces cheap clothing that are mass-produced, mostly in sweatshops which are intended to be thrown away after few months. I also use the costumes to activate performances that address the Environmental disaster we got ourselves into.
I am interested in materials that are not "seen" in our daily life, used once maybe twice and then toss away, and yet have a huge impact on life on Earth. I develop costumes organically trough the structures they hold, knowing that eventually I will understand or see the right place for their use.
SHOW HISTORY
99c Show, Victory Hall, Jersey City
Mary Benson Gallery, Jersey City
Digable Arts Fest, Hoboken, Monroe Arts Center
Shuaspace, Jersey City
PRESS
www.playgrounddetroit.com/pd-presents-laura-quattrocchi-installation-performance-at-michigan-f-a-s-h-fest/
It's a double arrow. It's a Fashion statement and a Global Warn/ming call. I use disposable objects to construct the costumes to literally declare what I think fashion is now. Clothing used to be custom-made and worn until it was not repairable ( my grandmother's job back in Italy). The modern fashion industry produces cheap clothing that are mass-produced, mostly in sweatshops which are intended to be thrown away after few months. I also use the costumes to activate performances that address the Environmental disaster we got ourselves into.
I am interested in materials that are not "seen" in our daily life, used once maybe twice and then toss away, and yet have a huge impact on life on Earth. I develop costumes organically trough the structures they hold, knowing that eventually I will understand or see the right place for their use.
SHOW HISTORY
99c Show, Victory Hall, Jersey City
Mary Benson Gallery, Jersey City
Digable Arts Fest, Hoboken, Monroe Arts Center
Shuaspace, Jersey City
PRESS
www.playgrounddetroit.com/pd-presents-laura-quattrocchi-installation-performance-at-michigan-f-a-s-h-fest/
