"For more than 10 years, graffiti in all its facets and controversy is an inherent part of my life. As soon as I became part of the graffiti culture, I found myself facing a flood of disaccord and conflict. In graffiti, no grey exists - only black and white. As a graffiti writer, I was insulted, praised, roared at, gazed at in silence, I was paid and had to pay, I stole and was stolen from, I came across comprehension and incomprehension – from both: law-abiding citizens and fellow graffiti writers. While politicians enact and tighten laws, tabloids complain about tags and house owners are angrily cleaning their walls, graffiti writers elect their kings and queens, celebrate calligraphy as a culture and adore locations other people anxiously avoid. Two worlds that exist side by side but rarely meet. In the streets, I write my name and I celebrate the beauty of letters and colours. In my art, I try to connect the contrasts I come across while doing so. I work with my favourite tools, spray cans and letters but I connect them with a medium that every person considers as precious, clean and exclusive and thereby I question the notions of both sides. All the cans used here are Belton Molotow and Belton RAL 400ml which were first used to paint walls and were „recycled“ afterwards."
The cans are handmade by MadC, customized and designed with rhinestones, gem stones and crystals.
VESTERBROGADE 69D BAGHUSET 3. SAL |
Love the work from Pille Pernille Horst!
PILLE PERNILLE HORST, 30, THE DESIGN SCHOOL KOLDING, MA FASHION 2009
SPECIALISM: FASHION WOMENSWEAR & ACCESSORIES
Project:
Greta Molander (1908-2002) was a woman with petrol and champagne in her blood, her life was filled with rally (motor sports) and travelling. She jumped into her car in her boiler suit and on the journeys she fixed the car herself. Outside the car she was a social, colourful, fashionable lady with a lot of humor and joy of life.
This duplicity is a interesting connection of something very masculine and very feminine. Clothing and accessories is often very gender determined.
The life of Greta is quite fascinating as inspiration for a collection, because there is a opportunity to play with humor and the colours the loved so much.
The starting point is to tell the story about a fantastic lady through fashion accessories. To be able to use humor adn subtlety to play with expressions. To be able to tell my version of Greta’s life. That fashion accessories can be decorative objects. To be inspired by the fact that Greta wasn’t stopped by the standards of society in ther time. To use crafting skills like embroidery, crochet and patchwork; something old fashioned that take a long time to do, but has a fast reading time. To be able to use a ton of colours because Greta loved colours.
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