As an artist, I am asking the uncomfortable questions to which most of us don’t want to know the answers.
#AQSFAI series consist 8 installations
Focus on sustainability and technology, by using radical material to bring about communication, encouraging or provoking the viewer to re-imagine new usage of our technologies and fashion consumption.
The series is made entirely from textile waste and / or found material. Each piece take 90 to 180 days to research, product development, material gathering, and over 100 hours to hand craft into haute couture dresses.
News
- #VHSdress collaboration with QAPA “Lotus Threads” 📍 Aki Studio Toronto July 21, 2024
- Emergence Symposium: Art & Equity Leading Social Change / Talk panelist📍Neighbourhood Arts Network Sept.2023
- Sashiko workshop 📍 Lakeshore Arts – Repair Cafe Event Jul.2023
- #condomXunderwear will be on displace at USM showroom📍NYC – Spring.2022
- Sashiko Mending workshop (collaboration with FIGMENT Toronto ) 📍Toronto – Dec.2021
- Hue-Man Design Competition Top 20 international finalist 📍 Switzerland – Sept.2021
- #VHSdressdress (collaboration with Hollywood Nord at TIFF) 📍Toronto – Sept.2021
- #condoXunderwear collaboration with USM at Design Miami / Art Basel 📍 Miami
Awards & Recognition
- #condomXunderwear dress (collaboration with USM at Art Basil / Design Miami) 📍 Miami – Dec.2021
- Top 20 international finalist for the Hue-Man Design Competition 📍 Switzerland – Sept.2021
Dress shirt wanted
Make a difference with your wardrobe. Donate now at (TBA)
Material:
- Color: white and pink
- Cis male: White dress shirt
- Woman and LGBTQ2+: Pink dress shirt (solid or with print)
A Story:
A paragraph of stories / history / memories from the owner about the shirt ( 300 characters max ) will be attach to the shirt as part of the installation.
Join the Revolution of Equality with Your Wardrobe
Selected shirt owners are invited to be part of the live performance art in the making of #93shirt, a Marie Antoinette style dress. Invited guests will share tea and a macaron dessert.
The artist will interview the shirt owner about its stories / history / memory. Participants will then engage in a conversation about wage inequality, equal rights, and inequality for women, LGBTQ2+, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in the work place, and explore hopes and dreams for the next generation and the time in-between our unlived lives.
#93shirt
Marie Antoinette
coming soon
a thought-provoking statement on the industrial revolution and the ongoing struggle for basic rights, equal wages, and fair treatment for women, LGBTQ2+, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour community.
Armour
#condomXunderwear
Exploring the different armour / masks we wear daily to be part of society, and the cost of it, to ourselves and the environment.
Memories
#VHSdress
The Mandela effect is an unusual phenomenon where a large group of people remember things that never happened.
So…
What happens when memories manifest into physical form and the technology holding it becomes obsolete?
Survival
#250bag
These bags were once used to carry our food for our survival. Plastic are in the clothes we wear and have made their way into the oceans, and now are found in our food and in us.
Fabric Of Time
#SashikoJean
Embracing your flaws and imperfections
Mending what is damaged. The visible flaw is seen as an addition to its beauty, unique part of the object history.
- Sashiko mending is a hand-sewing stitching from ancient Japan.
"Ideas change the world only when they change our behaviour."
Yuval Noah Harari
Creating change at the root of our fashion industry
These dresses were made from textile waste and / or found material by upcycling and handcrafting them into haute couture dresses. Worn by various fashion industry influencers as a performance art on fashion runways and fashion events: Toronto Fashion Week ( T.F.W), Fashion Art Toronto ( F.A.T), Start Up Fashion week ( S.F.W), Hollywood Nord, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)…
Projects & Documentary
Inspire and empower people with new knowledge for reuse, by upcycling and creating sustainable fashion.
Creating Red Carpet from textile waste in partnership with George Brown College and The Salvation Army Thrift Stores.
The majority of the donated clothing is sold per kilogram to 3rd world countries
Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in “plastics century.”
Multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist | author | yogi
Adam Quang is an accomplished interdisciplinary artist, designer, and author with over 20 years of experience. He serves as the fashion director for Hollywood North Style Lounge and is a prominent advocate for sustainable fashion. Adam has been honored with the Excellence Young Quebec Designers Award and is the creative director of his private fashion label, Xcouture.ca, which specializes in haute couture-inspired, gender-neutral, net-zero carbon fashion made from reclaimed textiles. His private label reflects his dedication to sustainable and ethical fashion practices, using reclaimed textiles and implementing a circular fashion model.
He is a leading voice in the sustainable fashion movement, dedicated to promoting sustainable and ethical fashion practices in the industry. His current work, the Sustainable Fashion Art Installation series, highlights the intersection of fashion sustainability and technology, showcased at prestigious events such as Design Miami/Art Basel, T.I.F.F, and various Fashion Weeks in Canada. He also has experience as a costume FX textile artist for Star Trek: Discovery, adding to his skills and creativity in the field of costume design.
If you have found value in my work and would like to help me continue to create more
My works do not generate profit – they are created in order to raise awareness. Your financial support is much appreciated. Each dollar really counts, from a one-time contribution to a monthly donation of support.