The Mission welcomes Rational Dress Society, a collaborative comprised of Maura Brewer and Abigail Glaum-Lathbury from April 28 - May 3, 2015. As part of their residency the will be holding a public lectures at the following locations:
April 28th - 4pm - Konstfack
April 29th - 1pm - Kungliga Konsthögskolan / The Stockholm Royal Institute of Art
April 29th - 6pm - Uppsala konstmuseum
April 30th - 11am - Gävle Konstskola
They will be speaking about the history of revolutionary dress, tracing the rise of modern counter‐fashion from the sans‐culottes of the French Revolution through avant‐garde movements of the 20th century. We will also be conducting a workshop at Persbo Studio where Rational Dress Society will teach participants the basics of garment construction. By the end of the workshop, each participant will have produced their own JUMPSUIT in a fabric of their choice.
Workshop - May 2nd - 10am
Please visit the Events page for more info!
JUMPSUIT is a universal, ungendered monogarment that proposes to replace all other clothes in perpetuity. JUMPSUIT is a wearable garment and an open‐source pattern, available to download free of charge. In proposing JUMPSUIT, we at the Rational Dress Society invite a collective reimagining of our relationship to dress. We suggest that the rejection of choice, otherwise defined as the yoke of relentless consumption within the capitalist paradigm, might open us up to greater possibilities and better ways of living. What if you never had to pick out an outfit again?
Maura Brewer received her MFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in Critical Theory from the University of California, Irvine in 2011, and a BFA in Visual Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She is currently a Whitney Independent Study Program fellow. She teaches in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt, and has recently exhibited work at Office Hours, Machine Project, and Foryourart in Los Angeles, as well as Silvershed, Flux Factory and Temporary Agency in New York City.
Abigail Glaum-Lathbury received her BFA in Fashion Design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She designs a women’s ready to wear collection under the name Elmidae, for which she produces a spring/summer and fall/winter collection annually. She teaches in the department of Fashion Body and Garment at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has recently exhibited work at Designers & Agents in New York and Los Angeles, as well as Silvershed and Temporary Agency in New York City.
This residency has been made possible with generous support of Konstnärsnämnden / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
