July, 3rd, 2017

AERIFORM
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@IRISVANHERPEN examined, quietly, eerily, the nature and ana tomy of air and the idea of airborne materiality and lightness, creating negative and positive space with sha dow and light. #VanHerpen also drew inspiration from the Danish underwater artists #BetweenMusic who challenge the relationship between the body and its elemental surround, in a subaquatic environment where air is absent. “Their liquid voices and the subsonic darkness from Between Music overwhelmed me. It motivated me to dive in to the contrasts between water and air, between outside and inside, between lightness and darkness.” said #IrisVanHarpen. Between Music have collaborated with deep sea divers, physicists, and neuroscientists over many years to develop a hypnotic sound sculpture which they perform on cus tom-built instruments while submerged in water. Their work transcends and transforms the conventional and natural relationship between our bodies and the elements. Air and water are the structural and visual components of the eighteen elaborate silhouettes of this collection, celebrating its tenth anniversary with the support of @Swarovski + @MACcosmetics, and have infkuenced the development of both the textiles and garment construction, which is reflected in the airy yet fluid volumes, rippling patterning and translucent layering. Biomorphic structures include a feathery-light metal lace of geodesic floral patterns in collaboration with #PhilipBeasley, which float around the body like a silver cloud. Echo waves of #mylar bonded cot ton ripple across the skin mapping the surface of the body and painting its con tours. The shoes are made from a soft suede with a parametric welded metal heel, creating a delicate molecular lattice around the foot. It was underwater love meets paragliding elegance.
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