Students from the Fashion Department at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona, will take part in Punto y Raya Festival’s second edition with the installation/exhibition/performance of various of the resulting works from the workshops carried out this October at the IED.
Inspired by the basic notions of “dot” and “line”, the students had the chance to explore new creative forms in all the spheres of Design, so they had to elude the typical rules of the Fashion industry in order to approach a completely abstract concept.
The explored themes were:
Form: proposals for visual representations of dots and lines: maps, cities, bodies. Screenings and forum.
Movement: the movement as the basis of audiovisual expression. From 2d to 3d creation. Screenings and forum.
Form-Movement duality: the relation between form and movement in the space of representation.
The Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona offers formation and research capabilities in the spheres of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts and Communication. The school is part of an international network based in Italy, Brazil and Spain, which supports practical and didactic initiatives related to Business practices through projects’ development and an I+ED department (Research + Education; in Spanish, Investigación + EDucación).
"Ruido Rosa" | “Pink Noise”by Ana Cristina García Iglesias
The snow begins to fall, all the shapes in front of me start shifting through thousands of white points floating in the air...
When I awake, only the no-signal noise on the TV set opposite my couch.
MATERIALS
Calico Fabric
White Jersey
Black and white Tulle
Threads
Plastic Bowls
Glue
Fans
Batteries
Newspaper
Metal Wires
“Atrapada en el Zodíaco” | “Trapped in the Zodiac”by Dalila Alejandra Cuéllar Cerdà
This project is a tribute to the moon, whom I've dedicated long hours of observation.
For spreading light on my darkest moments, for helping me find answers and calming my most furious restlessness.
Whom has given me happiness and peace.
A magical dot in the atmosphere.
MATERIALS
Calico Fabric
White Jersey
Metal wires
Elastic threads
Black canvas
Wall paint
“The Sping Bang”by Laura García Domínguez, Alba Gracia Neddermann, Marilia Lima Herrmann, Marian Lozano Rincón and Mariana Vásquez Villareal
The Sping Bang’s concept is based on the Big Bang theory, the origin of the Universe. Through many years it’s been stated that the Universe emerged from a single particle concentrating all the energy. In the same manner, the thread is the designer’s main “particle”, from which he/she develops all his/her creations.
“The Sping Bang” is based on threads and pins, of vital importance in the Fashion realm. We compared the thread to a line, which following a path through the pins (or dots) was taking the shape of a body, just like a designer drapes on a mannequin.
MATERIALS
Black thread
Glue
White Jersey
Needles & pins
Metal wires
A garment rack
“A soul inside a coat”by Noa Goren
This project started from my curiosity to find out what can happen when, instead of adding lines, you take them away.
From trying to take a whole existing object, and making lines disappear out of it.
For me it was really interesting to see how, when removing parts from the material, the object changes its character and starts becoming something else.
Suddenly, the brown coat seems like a dry leaf, and the black one, a black leopard skin.
And through the cuts you can see the inside, the inner parts of the garment, the seams, the lining... and also the light existing within.
My message is one of looking: looking inside, at whom is inside the clothes, at what lies under all the layers.
MATERIALS
2 used coats
Glue
Metal wires
Scissors
Enterlining
“El culto a la perfección” | “The cult of perfection”by Ingrid Gomá Knorn, Reyes Milla Armengou & Rosa Geraldine García
This project represents in a physic way, the pressure of our society towards the cult of the body and the search of perfection.
The pins try to capture this social pressure clearly, a preassure which affects and slowly destroys our inner-self without us even noticing. Apparently, the body is beautiful and pure, yet our soul is black.
The light bulb symbolizes the essence of the person (the soul). It’s represented by a dot (the light bulb) and several lines (the pins); because the dot and the line are the base of everything.
We wanted to draw a parallel with the soul, which is the essence of a person. Each time we stress the exterior leaving our essence behind, letting it “melt away” (represented by the melting wax).
Finally, the broken mirror –associated with Vanity- visually distorts the whole piece emphasizing the notion of a broken soul.
MATERIALS
Plaster Cast
Glue
Wax
Needles & Pins
Black paint
Broken mirror
Black paper
1 lightbulb
“Wax&Fabric”by Anna Evers and Elena Calvo
The authors have created this garment to depict the feeling suggested by the concept of "Punto y Raya Festival". They have chosen Fire as the main element, as it is a clear example of what is immaterial, but constitutes matter.
Fire is also the creative engine of this art piece: it melts the candles, and the dripping wax produces the drawings and textures on the white fabric in its path. This path begins with a drop, which reminds us of the dot, and drips down on the garment following a linear path. These interrelated stripes and spots show us that there's neither beginning nor end, only evolution.
“Floating essence”por Adela Gibert Spinola, Sasia Stubbe Oestergaard, Estefanía Salas Mayagoitia y Andy Soto Bastidas
Partiendo de la esencia de lo básico, tal y como nos muestra el festival, hemos utilizado las bases del diseño de moda -la forma y movimiento- para crear a través de esta instalación una estructura óptica, convirtiéndola en un espacio fantasioso de luz, color, forma y movimiento.
Siempre partimos de materiales coherentes a los conceptos de “punto” y “línea”, tales como las varillas, los strips o incluso, el maniquí formado por pequeñas bolitas de porespan.
“Floating essence” permite al publico del festival entrar en un mundo mágico de sensaciones donde, al ser quienes le dan vida a esta fantasía, pueden dejarse llevar y entrar en contacto directo con el concepto de Punto y Raya.
MATERIALES
Maniquí cubierto con papel de plata
Cintas de nylon
Bolas de espuma de poliestireno
Tacs
Cierres de plástico
Pegamento
Cierres metálicos
Papel
Bombillas
Cuerdas
Papel traslúcido de colores
" e n RED"
Endless lights, shadows, shapes and textures transform the milieu into an infinite fabric.
A repeating Matrix weaves nets as if they were second skins, thus giving way to creation... The life we lead relates us to our surroundings in a visual way. This "era of (in)communication" forces us to assimilate concepts more quickly, leaving aside the "small things" and the experiences around them. This is why through my work I invite the audience to reflection...
The pieces exhibited in this installation refer to the economy of resources, the revindication of the use of the hands and their muscles, and the quest for the voice and weight of the materials.
NOTE: The collection created by designers FINK-GARCIA was exhibited at: Salón NUDE-FIM Valencia'07, CAD'07 BCN, Expo Withe Milan'08, NITS del MACBA BCN'08.
Anita García has a multidisciplinary formation ranging between Arts and Design, as well as a wide experience as an Interior Designer, Creative, Illustrator and Photographer. She gives various workshops on Recycling and Design.
The instruments of “L’Orquestra dels Luthiers Drapaires” are the result of combining recycling processes with the reutilization of technological waste. After collecting the devises and various materials from the streets, garbage dumps and containers, we extract all the electronic, mechanical and constructive components that may be used for the building of audiovisual instruments. Then, we start prototyping the circuits, devising the mechanical systems and programming the digital control systems.
Telenoika believes that it isn’t necessary to follow the market’s dynamics to gain access to audiovisual instruments, and that the waste generated by humans provides with enough raw material for the construction of sophisticated machines. The “Open hardware / Arduino” online social net offers wide access to the necessary knowledge for transforming this apparent waste into usable hardware, increasing the number of people who subscribe to the DIY and recycling philosophies.
For Punto y Raya Festival, the Luthiers Drapaires have created an installation with old VGA monitors with modified tubes, which generate abstract colored patterns according to several ambient variables.
Telenoika was created in 2000 as a group of people interested in audiovisual creation, with the desire to share knowledge with their audience and continuously experiment with artistic languages thanks to the availability of new AV home-technologies.
