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SUSTAINABILITY IN AESTHETICS | |||
IDEA 1. PRINTING ON RECYCLED TEXTILE | |||
''aesthetic'' | |||
borrowed from New Latin *aestheticus,* | borrowed from New Latin *aestheticus,* | ||
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"sensible, perceptible" (verbal adjective of *aisthánomai, aisthánesthai* | "sensible, perceptible" (verbal adjective of *aisthánomai, aisthánesthai* | ||
"to perceive, take notice of, understand," going back to **awis-th-,* | "to perceive, take notice of, understand," going back to **awis-th-,* | ||
base of Greek *aḯein* | base of Greek *aḯein* | ||
"to perceive, hear" + *-th-,* | "to perceive, hear" + *-th-,* | ||
resultative noun suffix) + *-ikos* | resultative noun suffix) + *-ikos* | ||
(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ic#etymology) | |||
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Between the fact and the affection, there is my practice. So I'll start with the affection. | Between the fact and the affection, there is my practice. So I'll start with the affection. | ||
My grandmother from my mother's side was a seamstress and I grew up seeing sewing as a labor, a maintenance of mental health, more than the fashion aspect of it. When she lost part of her vision due to an unsuccessful surgery - this, for me, was the moment when my grandmother begun to die, even though it happened around 6 years before her death. Sewing sustained her | My grandmother from my mother's side was a seamstress and I grew up seeing sewing as a labor, a maintenance of mental health, more than the fashion aspect of it. When she lost part of her vision due to an unsuccessful surgery - this, for me, was the moment when my grandmother begun to die, even though it happened around 6 years before her death. Sewing [[sustained her life.]] | ||
This got the back of my | This got the back of my head and, now, practicing the purest form of aesthetic - which is to perceive -, I'm looking back trying to understand my contradictions. Always very fascinated about fashion and clothes, I could never get how could it hit me so deeply, me being someone that cares about sustainability since my childhood. Waste was always a topic on my mind, so how can a support such a dirty industry? | ||
Sometimes we talk about being sustainable as if it was just a matter of (f)act, of following the right input. But we have our deepest emotions, habits and memories anchored | Sometimes we talk about being sustainable as if it was just a matter of (f)act, of following the right input. But we have our deepest emotions, habits and memories anchored | ||
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So let's go to the fact: textile waste. | So let's go to the fact: textile waste. | ||
Textile production is estimated to be responsible for about 20% of global clean water (pollution | |||
from dyeing and finishing products. | from dyeing and finishing products). | ||
IDEA 2. BODY ARCHIVE | |||