The Clothing Collage Collective
co-founded by B.B. Gunn, Quintesso Matranga, and Hank
Created out of a love for progressive style, the CCC works to promote a looser definition of fashion, commerce, value, and gender. The Collective has produced several pieces with these themes in mind, and continues to strive toward an existence of open possibilities for artistic style and function.
co-founded by B.B. Gunn, Quintesso Matranga, and Hank
Created out of a love for progressive style, the CCC works to promote a looser definition of fashion, commerce, value, and gender. The Collective has produced several pieces with these themes in mind, and continues to strive toward an existence of open possibilities for artistic style and function.
Dressing in the Dark
The Collective's first project. Using funds awarded by an academic committee, clothing was purchased from a Goodwill Outlet for $1.25 per pound. The clothing was later brought into a space and placed against a wall, the lights were turned off, and the artists spent a few minutes each creating an outfit based off the clothing's material, size, and general ability to function within their outfit. The lights were turned on and each collaged, spontaneous outfit was revealed and documented. Clothing that had been used was placed on the other side of the room, and the process repeated itself until every piece had been worn.
By dressing in the dark, the clothing lost all sense of signifiers. The clothes were stripped of their cultural significance, value, and gender, becoming nothing more than pieces of cut fabric meant to drape on the body. When the outfits were revealed by the light, a look emerged that had been created without any intrusion of societal standards.
The Collective's first project. Using funds awarded by an academic committee, clothing was purchased from a Goodwill Outlet for $1.25 per pound. The clothing was later brought into a space and placed against a wall, the lights were turned off, and the artists spent a few minutes each creating an outfit based off the clothing's material, size, and general ability to function within their outfit. The lights were turned on and each collaged, spontaneous outfit was revealed and documented. Clothing that had been used was placed on the other side of the room, and the process repeated itself until every piece had been worn.
By dressing in the dark, the clothing lost all sense of signifiers. The clothes were stripped of their cultural significance, value, and gender, becoming nothing more than pieces of cut fabric meant to drape on the body. When the outfits were revealed by the light, a look emerged that had been created without any intrusion of societal standards.
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Clothing Collage Collective Spray & Swap
The clothing from the previous piece was gathered and put on display for the public. Over the course of three days in three different locations, the clothing was spray painted by the artists and became available for the public to take home. The spray paint transformed the pile of clothes into a painting, destined to be disassembled and dispersed out into the world. The traces of paint act as an artist's label, tying each piece of clothing to it's detached brethren.
The clothing from the previous piece was gathered and put on display for the public. Over the course of three days in three different locations, the clothing was spray painted by the artists and became available for the public to take home. The spray paint transformed the pile of clothes into a painting, destined to be disassembled and dispersed out into the world. The traces of paint act as an artist's label, tying each piece of clothing to it's detached brethren.
For each piece of clothing taken home, a trade for anything (other than money) was required. The variations of objects acquired by participants challenged both the value of the clothing, and the objects traded The acquired objects (often considered near-worthless when traded) were put on display in Still Lights Gallery. Ultimately, the objects will be reused in a future piece, furthering their possibilities as recycled, worthy objects.
