Beyond Humanity - Britt de Heer
Being yourself doesn't have to be in a human form.
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Being yourself doesn't have to be in a human form.
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The name of my project is Beyond Humanity. For this project I really wanted to combine making and my personal interests. So I decided to make body accessories out of bioplastics. My inspiration for this idea was drag and performance art. Most people know drag as a man dressed as a women, but drag goes way deeper than that. The art of drag is based on a physical transformation that goes beyond sexuality and gender. The transformation I wanted to focus on is the transformation beyond humanity. I don’t want to accessorise the body, but embrace it. These accessories are more like your second skin.
The reason I wanted to make these kind of body accessories out of bioplastic is because bioplastic are biodegradable just like most parts of the human body. These accessories are definitely not timeless. Through life the idea of your body changes and because these accessories are so close to the body they might not fit the idea of your body anymore in a later state of your life. These accessories are also unique, no piece is the same. Just like people.
The recipe I used for the accessories is alignate based. The interesting thing about this recipe is that you can not control it properly. It sort of lives it’s own life and that’s what made it interesting for me to ‘design’ the accessories.
https://issuu.com/makingasresearch/docs/beyond_humanity_-_research_zine
I'm Britt de Heer and I am currently in my fourth year of Fashion & Branding at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. At fashion and branding we mostly do 2D design. I chose this minor to get more experience in making and also making in 3D. This minor gave me more skills as a brander and helped me form my own identity as a brander even more.
With this project I wanted to challenge myself to combine making and my personal interests and this project challenged me to let go. Normally I feel like I'm in control with my projects, but due to the material I couldn't be in control all the time.
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