SPIRITED RITUAL

Designer

Chan, Lok Yin 陳樂然

Title

SPIRITED RITUAL

Subject

Clothing and dress

Fashion shows -- China -- Hong Kong

College graduates

Date Created

2020-07-01

Format

Photographs

Identifier

FSIT20200701D01P001

FSIT20200701D01P002

Description

SPIRITED RITUAL

The new-age world of witchcraft with its lavishly romantic aesthetics has inspired me with the courage to indulge in freely mixing trendy artsy and kitsch looks with sub-culture references that awaken the awareness of indigenous designs. Different aspects of the culture and marginalized currents are chosen as references to promote ethical ideas and artistic liberty in the present day. The energetic theme is strongly inspired by primitive design and radicalizes traditional perspectives in mash-ups of luxury and subculture.

This is also an exploration of history in faraway lands. The classical period of witch-hunts in early modern Europe and colonial America took place at about 1450 to 1750, spanning the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years War, which resulted in an estimated 35,000 to 100,000 executions. Amassing and summarizing all of these inspirational sources led to the visualization of an indigenous witchlike collection named SPIRITED RITUAL which has been remarkably refined by incorporating the relevant elements and fashion trends along with the related types of companionship, disputes, and accoutrement.

現今的巫術世界以其浪漫氣息激發著我對於自由的着迷，從時髦的藝術媚俗走到亞文化，塑造出令人耳目一新的藝術品，喚醒人們對土著民族設計的關注。不同的文化和邊緣潮流將被選作當今倫理觀念和藝術自由的參考。一個充滿活力的主題將受到原始設計的啟發，在現今藝術品和亞文化的混搭中激化了傳統規範，同時也是對遙遠土地歷史的探索。從12世紀開始，到16世紀最高峰的時期，很多不懂巫術的女人也遭人誣吿罪成而被活活燒死，如被指控跟魔鬼性交的罪名，被判死刑的女巫，財產會被沒收。從1450到1750年約有三萬五千至十萬人以「獵巫」的名義被處決，尤其集中在宗教改革時期，直到17世紀末北美殖民地的塞勒姆審巫案還使19人死於絞刑，1人被石頭堆壓死，5人死於獄中。隨之而來的概念 - 情誼，爭執和裝備，啟發我精製一個名為SPIRITTED RITUAL的民族女巫系列，同時也反應現今社會對於自由及公義的追求。服裝的概念分別為「身無彩鳳雙飛翼，心有靈犀一點通。」、「中無私主，則無感不通。」、「革，已日乃孚，元亨，利貞，悔亡。」、「革，水火相息，二女同居，其志不相得，日革。」、「睽，小事吉。」、「睽，火動而上，澤動而下，二女同居，其志不同行。」。

Collection

PolyU fashion show 2020