Delve into 'Choub (Hout in Farsi)', a thought-provoking wearable art collection by Mehdi Mashayekhi. This project features five torso sculptures crafted from multiplex and leather, exploring the complex sense of loss and profound identity shifts faced by migrants. It poetically portrays the journey of navigating between different cultures and mentalities, transforming rigid materials into fluid expressions of adaptation.
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Choub (Hout in Farsi) is a wearable clothing collection by artist Mehdi Mashayekhi, crafted from multiplex and leather. The project uses five torsos to explore the profound sense of loss and identity shifts experienced by migrants navigating between cultures and mentalities.
Mehdi Mashayekhi's 'Choub (Hout in Farsi)' is a conceptual wearable art collection that delves into the multifaceted experience of migration. Comprising five torso sculptures made from multiplex and leather, the project symbolizes the deep sense of loss and displacement migrants face when leaving their homeland. The artist explains that migration involves leaving behind not just family and familiar environments, but also fundamental aspects of identity shaped by language, social structures, and cultural nuances. These sculptures represent the feeling of being 'floating between two worlds,' neither fully belonging to the past nor the present, yet finding a unique identity in this liminal space. The collection itself is a complex exploration of adaptation and integration. Designed using CAD programs and laser-cut for flexibility, the eight-look, 16-garment menswear collection, including suits, shirts, and pants, is fully wearable. Each piece symbolically demonstrates a phase of integration, with the wood representing the migrant's core identity—unconventional for a garment but capable of being shaped. Mashayekhi likens this to how a migrant adapts to a new social structure, retaining their core self while being molded by the new environment. The project bridges art, science, technology, and craftsmanship, transforming wood's perception as a rigid material into something fluid and expressive, mirroring the migrant's journey of shaping oneself for a new world.
This exhibition appears to be part of an open call submission, with specific details on viewing availability not provided on this page. Visitors are encouraged to check the official websites of the Bijbels Museum and Buitenplaats Doornburgh for visiting information related to their programmes.
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