Stripped

John Shukin

Julie Tremblay

Jeremy Karl

Tess Kuramoto

Lucas LaRochelle

Stripped is an exploration of identity and first impressions through the lens of clothing. By making transparent apparel, attention is focused on how many stereotypes and conclusions we, as everyday strangers and passers-by, draw from what we put on our bodies. By removing the substance from these signifiers, these conceptual containers, we are forced into a state of discomfort, searching elsewhere for ways of categorizing and understanding. Suddenly, the body becomes packaged within this plastic, stripped of its outward “face” and displayed as imperfect and raw.

Plastic, string
Two outfits