FIELD TACTICS

FIELD TACTICS IS A COLLECTION SHAPED BY RESEARCH INTO THE OVERWHELMING STATE OF OUR WORLD CLIMATE COLLAPSE, POLITICAL UNREST, SOCIAL DISCONNECTION. IT STARTED WITH THE QUESTION: HOW DO WE DRESS OURSELVES IN THE FACE OF SO MUCH INSTABILITY? THROUGH STUDYING MILITARY GARMENTS DESIGNED FOR SURVIVAL, STRATEGY, AND CONTROL I STARTED TO REFLECT ON HOW CLOTHING CAN BE BOTH A RESPONSE TO CRISIS AND A QUIET FORM OF RESISTANCE.THE RESEARCH LED ME TO EXPLORE THE TENSION BETWEEN FUNCTION AND VULNERABILITY. MILITARY REFERENCES LIKE BOMBER JACKETS, MILITARY COATS, AND UTILITY WEAR BECAME A BASE TO DECONSTRUCT AND RETHINK. I LOOKED INTO THE HISTORY OF THESE GARMENTS AND THE SYSTEMS THEY REPRESENT, BUT ALSO HOW THEY COULD BE SOFTENED, MADE PERSONAL, EVEN TENDER.RATHER THAN OFFER SOLUTIONS, FIELD TACTICS IS A VISUAL INVESTIGATION INTO HOW WE ADAPT, PROTECT, AND CARRY OURSELVES THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES. SOME GARMENTS ARE CHANGEABLE, OTHERS MANIPULATED THROUGH PLEATING TO CREATE MOVEMENT EACH ONE A REFLECTION OF THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL STATES WE SHIFT BETWEEN.THIS COLLECTION IS A RESPONSE, BUT ALSO A QUESTION. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE RESILIENT WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE IT’S FALLING APART?