Widi Asari and Riyadhus Shalihin
Widi Asari, Bandung, Indonesia, 1994 and Riyadhus
Widi Asari is an Indonesian fashion designer whose design process begins from material as if it is a subject. She works together with Riyadhus Shalihin, an artist that investigates the macro and micro relations between the local context, bodies and what can be absorbed and learned from these relationships. Their collaborative projects create new meanings and values to the unseen residual material found in different locations in Indonesia.
Lusi Pakan Sumbi Failure De Couture, 2020.
Lusi Pakan Sumbi Failure De Couture is a performance highlighting the residues of threads as a concerning consequence of the post-industrial textile economy period in Indonesia. Tracing back such residues in the environment and workers'bodies, the work reveals the hidden worthlessness of textile manufacturing and questions fashion as a 'couture' of failure.
Widi Asari, Bandung, Indonesia, 1994 and Riyadhus Shalihin, Bandung, Indonesia, 1989.
Widi Asari is an Indonesian fashion designer whose design process begins from material as if it is a subject. She works together with Riyadhus Shalihin, an artist that investigates the macro and micro relations between the local context, bodies and what can be absorbed and learned from these relationships. Their collaborative projects create new meanings and values to the unseen residual material found in different locations in Indonesia.
Lusi Pakan Sumbi Failure De Couture, 2020.
Lusi Pakan Sumbi Failure De Couture is a performance highlighting the residues of threads as a concerning consequence of the post-industrial textile economy period in Indonesia. Tracing back such residues in the environment and workers'bodies, the work reveals the hidden worthlessness of textile manufacturing and questions fashion as a 'couture' of failure.