Eva Petrič: Shadows&Puppets – language of E@motion REacting installation, Berlin, Ljubljana, Munich, Vienna and New York City
Collective Dress Identity:
My Collective Dress Identity collection does not want to segregate; it wants to unite! It does not create boundaries or walls with buttons and zippers. Instead, it wraps around every curve and adapts to it. It responds to all cultural requirements, covering and uncovering in a dialogue with specific contexts and situations. It adapts to all climates, as it can be coupled with a sweater and pants underneath where needed, or with nothing underneath other than underpants, appropriate for the hottest day in the tropics. My dress is thus truly chameleonic – culture wise and climate wise, corresponding to changing environmental conditions - thus perfect for our contemporary nomadic time.
SECOND SKIN - e@motional does not protect us just from UVA light, but provides us with the emotional shell in the fusion form of the Marilyn Monroe cut and content of my Gr@y Matter Shadows from my periodic table of Shadowed Emotions.
Marlyin Monroe’s famous white dress has been the pivotal point for my inspiration. Her white dress served as an inspiration for the cut of my “second skin” pieces where I combined leather and lace with my shadows. I see Marilyn Monroe as a role model by her ability to transform roles and in this way able to adapt to different environments.