As the time to go back home approaches, I’ve been thinking about the best way to utilise those weeks.
My previous post was about the name of this project, controra, and fact that it encapsulates an entire world; the world I was born and raised in.
Since I will soon be spending some time in this world, re-experiencing the still beauty and beautiful stilness of controra, what better opportunity than to explore the correlation between my culture and what I am trying to achieve with this project?
I would really love to spend some time investigating my interest in fashion, and what sparked it, not only by going back to my childhood but also by looking at my family history. I want to find and put together some photos of my grandmother, mother, and aunt, looking at how they used to dress back in the 50s/60s/80s/90s, then writing about all this. How their different styles have influenced my own.
I will be posting on social media as well, to see how people react to this little nostalgic investigation, and if they find it interesting at all.
In terms of my intervention, I am still trying to secure/find a place where it could take place, but also trying to understand what I really want to focus on. I think also that the type of event will change based on the brand/retailer’s interests and needs – so, for instance, it could an event for emerging designers or a workshop for the community. But again, in order to figure that out I need to understand what the specific shop needs and how I can help them.