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Dhiya also known as MDRN is an artist, designer, maker and probably Singapore's only surfboard shaper/builder. He is partner at STUDIO SWELL which works on prints, branding, graphic design. Runs an art studio, neuwave, dealing with installations and object making. Makes surfboards under the label The Happy Poison Gang.

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recent work

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recent work

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recent work

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Wearable Art is an elective course that focuses on implementing 3D techniques and materials to the human body in creative, expressive and kinetic ways. The outcomes generated will encompass and intersect between Making, Context, Kinesthetics and Aesthetics.

Through a series of recommended readings, references, weekly in-class exercises and classroom discussions will trigger and generate ideas that can be visually, physically and kinesthetically applied to the human body that will be considered as an empty ‘canvas’. You are encouraged to use these readings, visual research, weekly explorations and experimentations in materials and techniques to support your practical work and to consider fragments of them as starting points or context for your project. In a series of making workshops you will be introduced to materials and techniques that will specifically focus on various parts of the body, you will be required to experiment and explore in these workshops to find unique and creative ways in expressing possibilities of the human body as an empty ‘canvas’ that is paradoxically static and dynamic.

This course aims to discover the qualities and potentials of 3D art practice through abstract interpretation, representation and aesthetics via the human body as an alternative to space. Furthermore, you will be exposed to relevant making techniques, material properties and potentials, experiments and explorations with the human body to give form to your ideas and present them through a series of images and/or videos documentation as well as a short physical installation/performance for the One Night Only showcase.

Past works:

AY 23/24

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week-1: head paper & 1 other material

week-2: face foam & 1 other material

week-3: arms fabric & 1 other material

week-4: torso cardboard/greyboard/foamboard & 1 other material

week-5: legs rope/wire & 1 other material

week-6: combination choose 2 body parts, materials you choose

week-7: proposal written proposal & 10mins presentation

week-8: break 

week-9: production 1 

week-10: production 2

week-11: production 3

week-12: ONO showcase, performance/installation

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making

experimentations

discussions

craftsmanship

aesthetics

documentation

conceptualisation

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journal

object/sculpture

documentation (images & videos)

installation/performance/runway (ONO)

proposal

presentation

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start with questions???

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limitations, technicalities, materiality, form ...

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The class of Wearable Art AY23/24 will be required to produce a wearable art piece referencing and translating Bother Joseph McNally's work.

The aim of this theme is to celebrate the 100years of Brother Joseph McNally and the wearable art piece is to be featured in LASALLE's Centenary Celebrations.

Wearable Artists are to research, study, reference and translate Brother Joseph McNally/s. Here is an online collection on some of his works. It is encouraged to look into various sources of information and news related to him and observe his works physically, they can be found within LASALLE Campus.

Look into the materials he used, forms expressed, textures imprinted or techniques implemented to use as starting points for the work.

Artists are to then present and propose their ideas before the execution and production of work.  

AY 23/24

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add values to your work, set criterias!

AY 23/24

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test and experiment > evaluate and decide

AY 23/24

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in-class exercise-1

Objective: To focus on the head and head movement as a canvas for the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - Paper

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

x1 sculpture

documentation (images&videos)

90mins+-

AY 23/24

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brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point.

Document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 23/24

AY 23/24

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homework & next week

AY 21/22

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AY 21/22

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who primarily uses/works with foam?

what are the types of foam available?

where can you find foam?

when would you use foam?

why would you consider foam as a material to work with?

which artist works well with foam?

how do you work with foam?

material

AY 21/22

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accumulation is

• The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
• The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
• A mass of something piled up or collected.

aggregation is

• The act of collecting together (aggregating).
• The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
• A collection of particulars; an aggregate.

approach

AY 21/22

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accumulation & aggregation in art (artist reference)

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AY 21/22

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accumulation & aggregation in wearable art (artist reference)

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(artist reference)

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(visual reference)

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in-class exercise-1

Objective: To focus on the face, features and expressions as a canvas for the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - Foam

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

x1 sculpture

documentation (images&videos)

90mins+-

AY 21/22

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week-2

brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point.

Document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 21/22

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homework & next week

AY 21/22

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how is fabric made?

what are the types of fabric available?

who primarily uses/works with fabric?

where can you find fabric locally?

when is fabric used?

why would you consider fabric as an art material to work with?

which artist works well with fabric?

how do you work with fabric?traditional vs alternative?

material

AY 21/22

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Is textile the same as fabric?

They range from fibers woven together to a finished product, ready for use. In addition, fabric is still under the textile umbrella. So in other words, you can make fabric and textiles from the same materials.

material

AY 21/22

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Definition of a fibre:

material

- Dorothy Burnham A Textile Terminology Warp & Weft.

AY 21/22

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traditional ways

of working, producing and/or manipulating fabric;

• sewing
• weaving
• punch needling
• printmaking
• can you list more?

alternative ways

of working, producing and/or manipulating fabric;

• lasercutting
• 3d printing
• composites
• adhesives
• can you list more?

approach

AY 21/22

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(artist reference)

AY 21/22

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(artist reference)

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(artist reference)

AY 21/22

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in-class exercise-1

Objective: To focus on the arms and hands as a canvas for the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - Fabric

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

x1 sculpture

documentation (images&videos)

90mins+-

AY 21/22

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brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point, document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 21/22

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words of wisdom

Going around museums and galleries, seeing films, talking to people, seeing new shops, looking at silly magazines, taking an interest in the activities of people in the street, looking at art, travelling: all these things are not useful, all these things do not help me, do not give me any direct stimulation to help my search for something new. And neither does fashion history. The reason for that is that all these things above already exist.

I only can wait for the chance for something completely new to be born within myself.

The way I go about looking for this from within is to start with a provisional ‘theme’. I make an abstract image in my head. I think paradoxically (oppositely) about patterns I have used before. I put parts of patterns where they don’t usually go. I break the idea of ‘clothes’. I think about using for everything what one would normally use for one thing. Give myself limitations. I pursue a situation where I am not free. I think about a world of only the tiniest narrowest possibilities. I close myself. I think that everything about the way of making clothes hitherto is no good. This is the rule I always give myself: that nothing new can come from a situation that involves being free or that doesn’t involve suffering.

In order to make this SS14 collection, I wanted to change the usual route within my head. I tried to look at everything I look at in a different way. I thought a way to do this was to start out with the intention of not even trying to make clothes. I tried to think and feel and see as if I wasn’t making clothes.

- Rei Kawakubo, October 2013

AY 21/22

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homework & next week

AY 21/22

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AY 21/22

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how are these materials made?

what are the main usages for these materials?

where can you find these materials locally?

why would you consider these materials as an art material to work with?

which artist works well with these materials?

how do you work with these materials?traditional vs alternative?

material

AY 21/22

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Structural integrity is the study of the safe design and assessment of components and structures under load, and has become increasingly important in engineering design. It integrates aspects of stress analysis, materials behaviour and the mechanics of failure into the engineering design process.

material

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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Use simple primitive shapes to create possible form/s. Use visual principles static, dynamic, path, direction, repetition, rotation, symmetry, assymetry, gestalt, contrast as starting points.

Consider size, dimension, quantity!

approach

AY 21/22

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in-class exercise

week-4

To focus on the body’s torso and movement as a canvas for
the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - Cardboard/Greyboard/Foamboard

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

x1 sculpture 

documentation (images&videos)

90mins+-

?

AY 21/22

Wearable Art

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week-3

brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point, document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 21/22

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ONO Showcase Discussion

AY 21/22

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homework & next week

AY 21/22

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how are these materials made?

who in history makes and uses ropes or wires?

what are the materials common and uncommon uses?

why would you consider these materials as an art material to work with?

which artist works well with these materials?

how do you work with these materials?traditional vs alternative?

material

AY 21/22

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week-5

techniques on working with the material?

*knots

*tension

*weaving

*skeletal

material

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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visual references

AY 21/22

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visual references

in-class exercise

To focus on the legs and its movement as a canvas for
the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - rope and wire

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

documentation (images&videos)

90mins+-

AY 21/22

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AY 21/22

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brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point, document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 21/22

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homework

AY 21/22

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week-6

next week (week 7)

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AY 21/22

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in-class exercise-week-1

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in-class exercise-1week-2

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in-class exercise-week-3

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in-class exercise week-4

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in-class exercise week-5

in-class exercise

To focus on the 2 body parts and imovement as a canvas for
the materials and techniques to be expressed on.

Primary material - Students to consider, propose and use

Secondary material - Student to consider, propose and use.

documentation (images&videos)

120mins+-

AY 21/22

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AY 21/22

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brief

2.finish 10mins before class for "show & tell"

1.document the process, document the finished outcome, document to be on point, document to be uploaded to the shared Google Drive folder

AY 21/22

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next week (week 7)