We wanted to criticise and show how today we are blinded by trends of fashion. We wear items and outfits that aren’t necessarily comfortable, or because we like them but because they are trendy.
We were inspired by Ruffs worn in the middle ages and renaissance eras. These Ruffs showed status and were uncomfortable yet very trendy.
The sculpture is not comfortable which is the first aspect of the virtual reality.
The second virtual reality aspect of it is when you wear the head “situation” your head is in a closed tight environment while your body is in another space and freer. You can’t see the “outside world” which forces you to use your other sensed besides sight to get around and know what is happening.
To create the piece, we took the wooden boards and cut them in half. We then sanded them down and stapled them together for them to sit on the shoulders of the wearer.
Sanding down the wooden pieces.