ADE-417 The Performance of Fashion

3 Credits

This studio course investigates the close connection between the contemporary worlds of fashion and performance art. The use of narrative has become an important part of a fashion concept, just as it is in performance art. In fashion design, the body is much more than an instrument or a means; it is our expression in the world, the visible form of our intentions. This course explores an expanded definition of fashion to include the body’s presentation in the public sphere through; research on the work of historical interdisciplinary artists, the design of objects to be worn by the human body that are performative, and the performance of these projects.