Stratifications I, 2019

Layer after layer of textile was stuck together so that it builds a material that resembles armour, but dissolves while wearing or already shows damage.

Textiles are emblematic for the trend-driven affluent society. As these wearables are falling apart, they are telling a story about passed trends, exposing patterns and materialities in their layers that have long been out of fashion. The objects communicate an obsolescence transparently – they do not hide their own fragility. From the heavy mass of overproduction, objects are confronted with the human body.

What has become of clothing in our affluent society, which originally served to protect and adorn people?

Some pieces of this work are part of the collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. See some of them on eMuseum.ch.

Worn by Joëlle Reichmann
Photography: Selina Feuerstein