Finally got a chance to visit the Disobedient Bodies exhibition that I was looking forward to going for a while. The exhibition features a curated collection of works from different fashion designers and artists as well as his collaborations with them as well. In some ways it relates to DR.ME's talk at Leeds Print Festival about curation.
The way the exhibition is designed makes it more of an experience and insight into the different experimentations and concepts within fashion. Most exhibitions usually focus on creating a space where the artworks speak for themselves. In Disobedient Bodies, curtains hang from a height, effectively sectioning off the exhibitions into spaces that are thematically arranged. The result is a more intimate gallery experience that goes as far as encouraging the viewer to interact with the art pieces.
Reading through the descriptions for some of the work, the rationales and approaches to their concepts can be likened to the design approach taken by unconventional designers, as seen in Rei Kawakubo's concept behind her 2D clothing. "The collection played with ideas of flatness and reduction, and can perhaps be read as a comment on the way in which our experience of the world is increasingly negotiated via two-dimensional images." Taking an abstract idea and translating it literally into the content of her work, in the same way those designers base their typographic manipulations directly from simple concepts.
The collateral made for the exhibition, namely the guide, is presented in a straightforward layout that effectively manages to hold a lot of the exhibitions information in a format that is easy for the reader to follow. Having no 'cover' on the front and the use of Univers give the booklet a functional design that doesn't detract from the attention of the artworks. It is a piece of design that can be used for inspiration for further exhibitions.
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