Sobremesa In the Sobremesa corner, there is an array of objects that pay tribute to the time shared when the meal is over, and it's time to rest and converse. For the authors, these moments, strongly associated with affection, feature mothers and grandmothers as protagonists, who donated tablecloths, napkins, and photos for the design and creation process. The authors say: "We seek to create garments with the love and dedication with which a birthday cake is prepared, a good sauce is made, and a warm hug is given." The inspiration lies in the shape of the objects, but above all in the way of making: making use of resources, transforming them, and reinventing them—just as those who organize a home do. This is a possible production model for the clothing industry as well, appealing to zero waste and sustainability.
Florencia Alvián Roman and Julieta Licandro Meta
Casa para llevar In Casa para llevar, the author turns to the home as that place that houses belongings and the intimate world of the connections created with them. Accumulating, collecting, and treasuring are practices that imply giving symbolic value to what has fallen into disuse. A perspective that touches these materials and objects with the power of affection and a body that attracts them as a center that organizes them. The fragmented and recombined house as a talisman, a walking memory in the body that wears it.
Fiona Grosmark
Erógena The works that make up Erógena take the presence of crochet in various domestic objects as their starting point. Both the realm of the home and the private sphere, and the domain of this technique are traditionally associated with women. Through a three-dimensional elaboration of the fabric, the resulting pieces transform into an undulating, voluptuous, and sensual landscape. This intimate and feminine world advances to conquer the representation of both genders and, why not, to reshape its social presence also in the exterior. The warmth of the palette, allusive to flesh tones, and the texture of the material accompany the eroticism of these represented bodily forms.
Victoria Escudero
Atopos The research process undertaken in Atopos is guided by the concept of "symbiosphere," used to propose a renewed relationship between humans and nature with art, technology, and science. In the words of the authors: "Nature is neither abandoned nor exploited; we coexist mutually in a symbiotic living." The objects created for this project operate with the logic of nature: life, death, and transformation. To achieve this, they work with the appropriation of its mechanisms, such as mimicry, biodegradation, and adaptability. The urgent need to rethink industries, the pursuit of reducing consumption and waste, as well as the slowing down of production, find their answer in this project. The designs are developed by combining leftover textiles of natural fibers and biomaterials with standardized recipes, starting from coffee grounds waste and natural pigments. A utopia of garments for a sustainable revolution.
Michelle Calles and Valentina Elias
Human 001 The Human 001 project creates a dystopian world typical of science fiction. Its characters inhabit a fantastic urban and industrial world but wear garments that challenge it. Recirculation, recycling, and the transformation of materials to give them a new life are the basis of these adaptable and multifunctional designs. With them, the wearer is prepared for a nomadic life and its constant changes. Dressing as dwelling and transformation as a sign of vitality of this practice, in the manner of nature towards which this human of the future escapes.
Macarena Ovalle and Pedro Sharry
No quiero callarme No quiero callarme is an autobiographical project that delves into the collective, political, historical, and social dimensions of a personal experience. The designer undertakes a journey of reviewing the vulnerability of childhood in the face of the hostility of the adult world and institutions, and the marks that result from the lack of protection and the failed relationships between these two worlds. Using the language of collage and fanzine, plastic and poetic references accumulate, accompanying this review and creation of a universe where images, objects, and characters are formed from pain, eliciting a deep tenderness.
Javiera Billeke Viera
In the author's words: "In the imagination of a macabre tale, fears, lessons, and above all, understanding oneself and myself appear. Embracing and comforting that child that I am no longer but who does not want to be silenced."