Species Costume Library

Participants

Philipp Schueller, Selma Carlsson, Rosan Selles, Jimmy Paul, Simon Marsiglia, Katja Novitskova, Caz Egelie, Lea Jenny, Thomas Thwaites, Iris Klaver, Hanne Johne, Venla Elonsalo, Anna Frijstein, Susan Kooi, Benedikt Fischer, Bodil Ouédraogo, Iris Woutera, Nadie Borggreve, Jesse Asselman, Lennart Vader

About Philipp Schueller

Having always been fascinated by the systemic development of the "new" in fashion, Schueller wants to move away from the idea that the garment must work on the body. Instead, he takes an approach similar to that of biologists, viewing fashion as a "dying species" and exploring garments as materials. He wants to speculate on future "fashion species" and is intrigued by the idea of analyzing fashion as "skin" in an evolutionary sense, comparing it to life forms that shed or change their skin in order to survive.

Inhuman Carnaval

This exhibition is part of Inhuman Carnaval. An ongoing program at Natlab (and beyond) in which we practice letting go of anthropocentric thinking and celebrate biodiversity by dressing up as non-human species. The program includes an open costume lab, workshops from renowned fashion designers, art exhibitions, performances, film screenings, lectures, parades and more. Join! This is a Mediamatic x Baltan Laboratories collaboration.