Versionfest07
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cBlends Submission
cBlends is a project to re-use clothes from two or more pre-existing sources to create a cultural blend of concept and fashion styles. Current cBlends include merging American Hip-hop sweatshirts with business suits and military-wear repurposed in a casual, yet pseudo-utilitarian style. The attached image demonstrates how clothes may be blended together using processes similar to computer-based video editing transitions and modern cut n' paste remix techniques.
This project subverts the throw-away consumerist culture of fashion upgrades and high-level approach of fashion designers operating in high-towers. cBlends empowers individual consumers to also become producers from the resources that one already owns and may purchase inexpensively. Ideally, if one becomes skilled in blending fashion, one will increase their clothes' utility, appeal, and open the possibility to earn income from personal efforts.
For Versionfest07, cBlends would like to have a presence in three solid ways. First, the authors would like to have a fashion show to demo cBlends as a performance at an opening (such as the curatorial exhibition). Also, this project could be included in the curatorial exhibit by installing the new line of cBlends fashion, customized for Versionfest07. And third, a workshop/presentation could be held to show others how to make cBlends out of clothes from different styles and cultures.
The authors of this project are Jon Phillips (http://rejon.org/bio), Deer Fang (http://deerfang.org), Han Yan and Bibi.
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And, while cBlends has is focused on fashion, the emphasis in this project is on developing a community around the ideas internal to the project. The four primary authors of the project live in San Francisco and Guangzhou, China, and interactively edit clothing designs on-line. Emphasis now is on growing the number of artists creating this fashion style and blogging designs to create a collective social digital trail of this movement akin to green social entrepreneurship.
NFO Exhibition
This is for planning cBlends participation in the NFO Expo.
Who
- Lu Fang
- Brad Phillips
- Possibly some of Brad's friends?
What
cBlends participation in the NFO Expo portion of the Versionfest 07
When
April 28-29
Where
Chicago Versionfest NFO Expo
Why
To get more exposure for cBlends, connect with other vendors, link up with collaborators and expand cBlends more.
How
See Also
- cBlends - Page about the project
