Let's Get Into Digital (May - Jun)
AR Jewellery, LaboKarya, WGSN Webinars
Let’s Get Into Digital is a monthly compilation of fashion events that exist in the digital space. Unbound by locale, these round-ups will highlight virtual exhibitions, webinars and talks as well as digital resources.
LaboKarya, 2021. Image taken from Museum MACAN website.
LaboKarya Talk: ‘The Art of Collaboration’
Organised by LaboKarya, this online talk hosted by Reza Zefanya, Digital Coordinator, Museum MACAN, will initiate conversations on the relationships between artists and brands. LaboKarya pairs participating artists and brands, such as Indofood with Agan Harahap and Uglyism with Girls Pay the Bills, to create exclusive merchandise for sale. Speakers, including artists Mufti Priyanka and Agam Dwi Nurcahyo, and brand representatives such as Anton Wirjono from The Goods Dept will come together to talk about what makes a good collaboration. The talk will be conducted in Bahasa Indonesia.
Registration for the talk has started. More information here.
‘Fashioning The Philippines’ Podcast Episode
Hosted by April Calahan and Cassidy Zachary, the podcast series ‘Dressed: The History of Fashion’ features Philippine fashion designer Salvacion Lim “Slim” Higgins in an episode titled ‘Fashioning the Philippines: Salvacion Lim Higgins, An Interview with Mark Lewis Higgins’. Mark Lewis Higgins is Higgins’ son, who also joins the interview to discuss the designer’s career and impact in the Filipino couture scene.
Listen to ‘Fashioning The Philippines: Salvacion Lim Higgins, An Interview with Mark Lewis Higgins’ here.
Geiko Fukune with her tea bowl from the Waraku kiln, Nashinoki Shrine, Kyoto, 2020, archival pigment print on photo rag. Image courtesy of Russel Wong.
‘Focus on...Art’
As part of ‘Life in Edo | Russel Wong in Kyoto’ showing at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) from 16 April till 19 September 2021, ‘Focus on...Art’ is a set of short videos aimed at diving deeper into the photographs and other materials from the exhibition. The videos feature Singapore photographer Russel Wong and exhibition curator Clement Oon.
The ‘Focus on... Art’ videos will be posted on ACM’s Facebook page at 8pm on 21 May 2021.
WGSN: Gen Z Beauty Brands
A webinar by trend forecaster giant WGSN spotlights up-and-coming beauty brands from Gen-Zers. The talk will focus on the strategies that have worked to create an audience that is conscious about sustainability and inclusivity. Exploring beauty as a medium for self-expression is also a theme to be discussed by experts from WGSN, including Jessica Tang, Senior Consultant and Marc Villemat, Vice President Revenue, from the APAC region.
Sign up for the webinar happening on 18 May here.
Installation view of ‘The Endless Garment: Research Station’, X Museum Beijing, 2021. Image taken from X Museum Beijing website.
‘The Endless Garment’
Co-curated by Jeppe Ugelvig and Poppy Dongxue Wu, ‘The Endless Garment’ is an exhibition featuring works from 22 different artists from 10 countries in the Southeast Asian and Greater China region like TOTON from Indonesia and Fey Fey Worldwide from China. The project’s website carries information about garment production, and discusses the cultural narrative of Asian fashion.
‘The Endless Garment’, 14 March to 30 May 2021.
A bracelet from the exhibition ‘The Collection of Jane Ryan and William Saunders’, 2021. Image courtesy of the artists.
The Collection of Jane Ryan and William Saunders
William Saunders and Jane Ryan were the fake names frequently used by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, the former President and First Lady of the Philippines. Philippine artist Pio Abad and British designer Frances Wadsworth Jones have created 'The Collection of Jane Ryan and William Saunders', a digital installation that recreates Imelda Marcos’ jewellery collection, and allows viewers to understand the histories of impunity contained within the pieces. Visitors are encouraged to use Augmented Reality to place the jewellery in their own locations, as a means of regaining ownership of the precious jewels.
View ‘The Collection of Jane Ryan and William Saunders’ here.