Issue 21 – In Conversation with .. 10!

LP - RESPOND
A F/W24 COLLECTION
BY LEO PROTHMANN
"2FOR THS COLLECTION I WAS VERY DRAWN TO
SEBASTIAO SALGADO’S IMAGES OF THE OIL RIG INFERNO,
PROMPTING DEEPER REFLECTION ON THE IMPACT OF
HUMAN DECISIONS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS
CONTEMPLATION HAS LED ME TO VISUALISE POTENTIAL
EVOLUTIONS IN OUR AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES,
PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE NECESSITY OF
WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR DUE TO HAZARDOUS
ENVIRONMENTS.
CONE LIKE SHAPED SILHOUTTES CURVE AROUND THE
SHOULDERS AND BODICES ARE A SCULPTURAL REFERENCE
TO ANTHONY CARO’S ‘SACKBUT', 2013 SCULPTURE.
I FOUND THIS TO BE QUITE A DYNAMIC ALTHOUGH VERY
IMMOBILE PIECE. THESE SHAPES ASK FOR A LARGE
SURFACE AREA FOR THE WEARER TO INHABIT, WHICH
REMINDED ME OF REBECCA HORNS CONCEPT OF ‘SAFE
SPACES’ EXPLAINED IN HER PIECE
‘WEISSER KÖRPERFÄCHER, 1972’. THIS CONCEPT SEEMS
TO BE A DEEP-DOWN DESIRE FOR ME TO FEEL, AS I KEEP
ON REVISITING HER WORK LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
IN SOME LOOKS, I INCORPORATED 'M' SHIRTS AS
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER MAX,
SYMBOLISING MY SUPPORT FOR HIS ONGOING BRAIN T
UMOUR TREATMENT. THESE SHIRTS WILL BE LAUNCHED
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS SURGERY, APRIL 28TH 2024,
ON OUR ONLINE STORE. ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE
DONATED TO THE BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH
FOUNDATION IN BERLIN."
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