- #VHSdress collaboration with QAPA “Lotus Threads” 📍 Aki Studio Toronto July 21, 2024
#VHSdress film strips flowing with movement, representing
our
The Mandela effect is an unusual phenomenon where a large group of people remember things that never happened.
So ...
What happens when memories manifest themselves into a physical form and the technology holding it becomes obsolete?
A VHS tape
has its means of telling us our own stories.
The stories held within the tapes convey our personal life memories, such as a first dance, or a father’s 90th birthday celebration, or
first steps of a cherished child
Unfortunately, the information stored on the VHS tapes will be lost to the next generation. The technology that is used to read it will eventually be obsolete.
This poses a question.
Will the stories and knowledge on the tapes be lost due to technology or will we be able to memorialize our memories, stories and knowledge for future generations, before technology makes our ways of telling our personal history obsolete?
And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.” Julian Barnes
What we see and what we will end up remembering
isn't always the same.
The sheer fabric of time altering what we witness, like the wind shifting the curtain. Pictures and video image stored in our devices maintain our actual experiences, without the perception of how we project ourselves.
Some of the VHS film could be home-made “naughty films”
found in the garbage of the “bunny” house in LA
or just recordings of documentaries and old TV shows of the daily life of a 70-year old Canadian woman.
As an artist, I am asking the uncomfortable questions to which most of us don’t want to know the answers.
Using radical material to spark a conversations on sustainable fashion with fashion industry decision makers.
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)…
#VHSdress
The #VHSdress is made from donated VHS tapes and/or found materials through upcycling. Each piece take 90 to 180 days to research, product development, material gathering, and over 100 hours to hand craft into an haute couture dress.
Photo Shoot
Magazine Editorial
Time-lapse
Making of #VHSdress
Making of #VHSdress
#VHSdress - Sustainable Fashion Art Installation
MEMORIES
#VHSdress - MEMORIES
Performance
#VHSdress - MEMORIES
memories
Mandela Effect
An unusual phenomenon where a large group of people remember things that never happened
Rashomon Effect
Where individuals give significantly different but equally believable accounts of the same event.
Face Blindness
This bizarre medical condition that stops people recognizing faces. - Prosopagnosia or face Blindness.
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.
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.
Special Thanks To
Adam Quang : Art Direction
