“Garments Against Women is a book of mostly lyric prose about the conditions that make literature almost impossible.”
There are a lot of sleepless nights over seam finishes. In the heat of things, full of passionate expectation. I do things abruptly, crudely, mowing down the right-side-together 5/8", eager to see what is flat turn into what has shape. Then regret—with a little planning, that could have been a French seam, or something better, exotic or sturdy or spectacularly imitative of ready to wear. The sewing book says the quality of one's seam is really the measure of one's character. That gets repeated a lot. That's bad news. I think some future for the garment, inspected in the thrift store where it will someday rest: this was not an attentive sewist, the future shopper thinks, and wrinkles her nose or whatever, shrugs. It's me always praying no one will ever look at the inside of my blue skirt. To never leave evidence of excitement (someday, soon, finally).
Excerpt from Garments Against Women by Anne Boyer (Mute, 2016)
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Monument of Apron opened shop in 2015 as an experimental e-commerce reading experience and the online notebook of various co-conspirators along with artistic research collective Display Distribute. Collating both old and new labours of networked, female work, its 'products' feature the overstock of various projects and observations along with a surplus of thought and transaction. To 'purchase' an article here demands a re-evaluation, turning the dynamic of producer and consumer on its head with a series of questions. Be prepared to work for your 'fulfillment'.
Monument of Apron, or 圍群—a word play combining 圍裙 wéiqún (apron), that timeless utilitarian garment, with 群 qún (group, crowd, caboodle or gang)—considers all those relegated to under-compensated, thankless tasks and encourages the donning of the apron. The pocketed apron lends itself further to secrecy and theft—caching what’s owed and stowing it away for otherwise circulations. An apron is also a protector and shield. For the aproned squad, communication across picket fences and gossip are key forms of solidarity—modes of redistributive practice towards an undercommons.
參與者 With Contributions by
鄭子翹 Sonia CHENG、何穎雅 Elaine W. HO、凌明 Ming LIN、刘颖 Dongdong LIU Ying、Desireè MARIANINI、瞿暢 QU Chang、郭圓瑩 Ying QUE、吳索 Amy Suo WU、谭争劼 TAN Zhengjie
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