A Visual Essay: Enabling Entanglements of Cloth and the Body

Thumbnail Image

Access rights

openAccess

URL

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
This publication is imported from Aalto University research portal.
View publication in the Research portal (opens in new window)
View/Open full text file from the Research portal (opens in new window)

Authors

Date

2018-12

Department

University of Turku
Department of Art

Major/Subject

Mcode

Degree programme

Language

en

Pages

13
319-331

Series

SYNNYT/ORIGINS, Volume 2018, issue 3

Abstract

This co-authored paper critically reflects upon the entanglements of cloth and the body. It is an experimental, ficto-critical piece assembled from textual fragments and images. We suggest that the affective relations of movement and tactility that happen between the cloth and the body are essential for understanding what clothing is and how it works. Hence we speak about cloth-bodies – compositions that are more-than-human. New Materialism and its theories of entanglement, relational materialities and co-becomings support our focus on how clothing participates in extending or constricting the abilities of the body, and is not just a signifier of cultural identity.

Description

Keywords

cloth, fashion, more-than-human, entanglement, becoming, creative practice

Other note

DOI

10.24342/gsbd-jc57

Citation

Kontturi , K-K & Jalonen , V 2018 , ' A Visual Essay: Enabling Entanglements of Cloth and the Body ' , SYNNYT/ORIGINS , vol. 2018 , no. 3 , pp. 319-331 . https://doi.org/10.24342/gsbd-jc57

Permanent link to this item

https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201905062866

Collections

[article-cris] Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu / ARTS