Art and design have always been confused by the world with their ambiguous relationship; there are times when their differences come from various ideas and rules but there are also times when they inspire and complement each other. Looking at how people wear these days, definitely cause a great debate that, whether it should be seen as an artistic symbols of an individual, rather than having their own ideas in it and be original. Should clothing only be seen as a daily-basis commodity or an art of self-expression coming out from an individual?
Exhibere Studio, a brand that is founded by a group of doubtful grads from fashion design school, who long for proving that their works are to be called art. Therefore, Exhibere Studio is founded not only to prove that fashion isn't a term that is created by trends but also to find a different perception on how fashion is viewed.Â
Whether there could be even more possibilities arising from both art and design, even from the beginning, that is a question. Therefore, the grads decided to conduct an experiment in which designers and artists would interact and work with each other to create an art that concludes concepts, arts, and designs.Â
"Graffiti" was the first themed exhibition they did, where they tried to grasp the spirit of street art and present it to the crowd.
In the trailer of the exhibition, four models were dressed in white with street art designs being sprinkled on them by the artists at first sight. It represents the concept of ideas-transformation as well as exchanging ideas among the designers and the artists. Could the team outsmart the current "trends" of fashion and bring fashion to a brand new era? We shall see.
Shu-shu Chen uses multi-layers and red printed pattern, eye-catching tulle dress and deconstructed corset to interpret the original graffiti; like a girl who fell in love and is shouting out how she feels.
Allen Ko combines calm and cool imagination with flowing graffiti into the same language. Straight lines as well as the organic lines make it wearable and unique at the same time.
The movement of graffiti borns dreamingly in Shin’s art piece once again. She takes apart the graffiti then prints them into transparent silk. The flying patterns flow when they move and they seemingly waving from the subject, showing another beauty part of graffiti and a new imagination out of graffiti.Â
Weaving among the studio, the funniest thing might be finding out the connection between clothes and graffiti. We can get different point of view when we observe from both side. By watching Lick’s graffiti, dreamy clothes could be calm; dazzling layers could be fun; flowing lines could gether together being a strong power.
At Exhibere Studio’s showroom, we put a space for silk screen printing. The guests can easily transfer the graffiti into tote bag and T-shirt. Bye choosing the colors and the places to transfer; they can experience the freedom of create new things. Using this chance, we want to express a message: products can have uniqueness, they are not just mass produced replicas.
Whether there could be even more possibilities arising from both art and design, even from the beginning, that is a question. Therefore, the grads decided to conduct an experiment in which designers and artists would interact and work with each other to create an art that concludes concepts, arts, and designs.Â
"Graffiti" was the first themed exhibition they did, where they tried to grasp the spirit of street art and present it to the crowd.
In the trailer of the exhibition, four models were dressed in white with street art designs being sprinkled on them by the artists at first sight. It represents the concept of ideas-transformation as well as exchanging ideas among the designers and the artists. Could the team outsmart the current "trends" of fashion and bring fashion to a brand new era? We shall see.
Shu-shu Chen uses multi-layers and red printed pattern, eye-catching tulle dress and deconstructed corset to interpret the original graffiti; like a girl who fell in love and is shouting out how she feels.
Allen Ko combines calm and cool imagination with flowing graffiti into the same language. Straight lines as well as the organic lines make it wearable and unique at the same time.
The movement of graffiti borns dreamingly in Shin’s art piece once again. She takes apart the graffiti then prints them into transparent silk. The flying patterns flow when they move and they seemingly waving from the subject, showing another beauty part of graffiti and a new imagination out of graffiti.Â
Weaving among the studio, the funniest thing might be finding out the connection between clothes and graffiti. We can get different point of view when we observe from both side. By watching Lick’s graffiti, dreamy clothes could be calm; dazzling layers could be fun; flowing lines could gether together being a strong power.
At Exhibere Studio’s showroom, we put a space for silk screen printing. The guests can easily transfer the graffiti into tote bag and T-shirt. Bye choosing the colors and the places to transfer; they can experience the freedom of create new things. Using this chance, we want to express a message: products can have uniqueness, they are not just mass produced replicas.
At the first day of exhibition, we invited the artist himself and his hip-hop folks to do the live show in order to let our guests to experience the original atmosphere. It was a lovely night.
The first attempt still has a lot to learn for Exhibere Studio, but the happiest thing is to have such a space for us to explore more possibilities. We hope to have more cooperation possibilities in different fields in the future. Trying to break the current boundaries, graffiti is only a starting point; we are on the way for the beginning!
Text / Shin Yang
Photography & Video / Andy Hsieh, Joyce Khor
Organizer / Exhibere Studio