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LXRY List: Let's get Digital
MASTERS shines a light on developments in the virtual world. Designer Katie McIntyre created the world's first 'feminine futurist car'. Digital fashion is no longer science fiction. The artist collective Keiken investigates how we can create new levels of consciousness and forms of society in a world where digital and physical experiences overlap.
MASTERS sheds light on developments in the virtual world. For example, designer Katie McIntyre designed the world's first 'feminine futurist car', digital fashion has long since ceased to be science fiction and artist collective Keiken investigates how we can create new levels of consciousness and forms of society in a world where digital and physical experiences merge.
First feminine futurist car
American designer Katie McIntyre has designed the world's first 'feminine futurist car', in collaboration with creative automotive designer Edouard Suzeau. It concerns a digital car, baptized Dakini, which for the time being only drives around in the metaverse. Men rule the auto industry. Katie therefore wanted to design a car from a feminine point of view, with feminine lines. The shape of the Dakini (an old Sanskrit word for celestial traveler) is reminiscent of the silhouette of a woman's body, the engine head refers to the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar by the famous architect Zaha Hadid, the flanks are reminiscent of a shell. The message this car has for women: you drive your own body, you are in control of your movements and progress. "Women are still in a battle for their bodily autonomy and still being ashamed globally for their sexuality”, McIntyre said. “That's why this car is so revolutionary.”
Excursion into the metaverse
Artist collective Keiken, consisting of Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori and Isabel Ramos, investigates how we can create new levels of consciousness and forms of society in a world where digital and physical experiences merge. The audience is taken into the perspectives and realities of a vast metaverse. Keiken means 'experience' in Japanese. Creating new experiences is what it's all about. Using Extended Reality (XR), films, games and blockchain, a metaverse is imagined in which multiple identities, perspectives and realities exist. This will be the case in the interactive exhibition Morphogenic Angels and Pink Moonrock Cries explored different versions of the metaverse and our presence within it. A Virtual Reality installation allows participants to transform into a digital avatar to discover different guises of themselves. The exhibition invites us to look differently at the way we live together in a world in which the physical and virtual are increasingly intertwined.
Bits and bytes in fashion
Digital fashion is no longer science fiction. Fashion that consists of pixels instead of textiles is an almost unnoticed part of everyday life. We are slowly moving towards the metaverse: the future virtual world of the internet in which our physical environment will merge with the digital one. There is already a wide range of options for the necessary digital wardrobe: from digital couture that you buy as an NFT to collectibles from prominent fashion houses for your favorite game. Shows through February 26, 2023 Screenwear – Exploring Digital Fashion in Design Museum Den Bosch the most diverse and groundbreaking designs and provides insight into the short history of this emerging phenomenon. From the futuristic fashion designs of Auroboros and the digital collections of The Fabrikant to the first non-binary avatar of the Institute of Digital Fashion and the hyper-realistic top model Shudu. Try on pieces from the museum's collection via the digital full-length mirror and get answers to all your questions about digital fashion. What is it exactly? Who shapes digital fashion? And what do these developments mean for the fashion industry? One thing is certain: even in the digital world, the way you present yourself says everything about who you are, can or want to be.
