Painted Table Dress
In
the spirit of Painted Series, where designs evolve with more than one pair of hands, Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet
Sweerts of Painted created a special concept
for AIS SALON/ in Aruba last november 2011: the Painted Table Dress. It’s a dress annex table cloth in order
of a special workshop: 16 people, varying from social workers, creative
artists, local entrepreneurs and a fashion blogger, who get together to embroider
on this table dress.
The assignment of Painted to the volunteers was: embrace what
you get, like it is a gift, and bring it a level further. In other words: your
creations will be the starting point for someone else. Like a canon. And that's
not easy, to let go your personal embroidery you have worked on!
During
the workshop Saskia and Margreet explained a few basic embroidery techniques
and created a visual dialogue with the colorful yarns between the mixture of
people. All participants of the workshop made a fantasy fish, water waves, a fantasy
bird and treads that leaded to the top of the cloth.
The end result
For
Painted it was an emotional moment seeing their effort and creation get
together so well on the day of the final presentation, when the dress was reveiled as part of a special performance by dancer Alydia Wever. It was exactly what they wished for when they created the idea
of a table dress two years ago. "It felt really, really good, its a
disclosure so perfect it moved me deeply", Margreet Sweerts said. Sakia
van Drimmelen: "The idea was already there, but never the right moment. We
were asked two years ago to create a table cloth, but just making a table cloth
and present it in a shop felt unnatural and not 'painted' like. I knew all
along this table cloth should be a made by more than one pair of hands. I saw
people sitting around the table and embroider together, even when you never did
that before. I am really happy with the result."
The project of the
Painted Table dress is SALON/ pur sang. The Painted Table Dress can be admired in Museum Van Loon.
Video Table Speech
In Museum van Loon the video of the Table Dress presentation in Aruba will be showed, made by Ken Wolff, called 'Table Speech'. Its a video that have captured how time stood still on the shores of Aruba the day of the presentation.
Come and see this exclusive and breath taking concept of Painted at winterSALON/2012. Please, order your tickets at www.salon1.org/tickets or buy a ticket at the museum.
Painted
Table Dress, in cooperation with Painted Series, Alydia Wever (dance), Michael Lampe (music),
Scol di Arte, UNOCA and SALON/.
About
Painted
Led by Dutch designers Saskia van Drimmelen and Margreet Sweerts, Painted Series is a collective that blurs the lines between fashion and performance, and expands the idea of what a garment can be.
