On Friday, Julian shared his subtraction cutting process with us. It was really inspiring to see his process and the way that he documents his work and shares it with people all over the world.
In addition to the process being really fascinating in terms of the way Julian plays with space, I found his means of presentation to be very dynamic. He used Elodie as a model and as a participant in the deconstruction of the garment that he showed, and her participation became a part of the garment, which reinforced the point that the garment is changed by the person who wears it.
When the garment was entirely laid out on the floor, its simple geometry could not have foreshadowed the three dimensional space it created when strung together or when it laid on the body.
In addition, Julian had music and a video playing in the background, which provided both a structure and a pace to the way he spoke as well as the way we listened. There was a clear aesthetic and a means of expectation for the performance we were to see.
I was very much inspired by this process and presentation. It made me think of space and transformation in an entirely different light–particularly about where you start verses where you end up with soft geometries. The surprise of the connections and new forms has a similar life cycle to my own making process.
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