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Riikka Kupsala: Pukineiden omistusaika, osa 1: Vuoden 2020 inventaarion pukineet, pukineiden paino 38,9 kg
The textile work is titled as Time of owning, part 1: Garments in the inventory of wardrobe 2020, and is a part of Wight of Fabric constellation. It represents the owning time of clothes and the volume of my wardrobe. Each fabric strip forms a vertical line which are timelines of owning a certain garment. On the top of the timeline is a year 2022. Red marks in timelines, including a red horizontal line, stands for the passing of years. Different colours in timelines have meaning. Creamy white represent that the garment has been in active use, beige means that the garment has been in passive use, and varied colours express that the garment is no longer in use. The fabric of varied colours is from discarded garments. In the bottom of some timelines are QR-codes which are links to Instagram posts. Instagram posts present single garments with the detailed information and a picture. In those posts are customized hashtags, like #WhoMadeMyClothes and #LovedClothesLast which are part of the social media campaign run by the Fashion Revolution movement. On one hand these posts are examples of what a consumer can do to urge forward sustainable fashion industry. On other hand these posts are activism that challenge clothing manufacturers for more transparent business activity.
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