French fashion label Marithé+Francois Girbaud, along with Belgian architect Jeroen de Schrijver, recently devised the most recent addition to Marithé+Francois Girbaud’s CONSTRUKT exhibition series, which centered on the merging realms of fashion, architecture and design. Curated by Formavision, this fifth and newest installment, titled CONSTRUKT 5 - Moment of Impact, revisit some of the most violent natural events known to men: eruptions, crashes, and explosions. Long associated with destruction and finality, these occurrences are the catalysts to new beginnings many times, a statement De Schrijver attempted to convey through this installation.
The exhibition featured large scale sculptures, composed of honeycomb cardboards, measured over 7-foot in height and 10-foot in width. Along with these large scale artworks, smaller sculptures, created from stainless steel, marble, and cardboard are also on display. De Schrijver utilized methods better known in architectural modeling - laser and/or water jet cutting, to create each of the work. The sculptures also shared another commonality, the process of layering, which is a direct reference to Marithé+Francois Girbaud’s “Non Surgical Surgical Lift” technique, an unique multi-layering process which permits articles of clothing to be assembled in various ways. The patented technique was recently put to use for Marithé+Francois Girbaud Autumn/Winter 06/07 collection.
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» Jeroen de Schrijver
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