A conversation with Amsterdam-based artists Aimée Zito Lema & Elisa van Joolen, moderated by Parsons MFA Fashion Design & Society director Lucia Cuba, about the making and thought process of Our Rags Magazine: a magazine where the pages not only show clothing but actually are clothing. The second issue will be developed in collaboration with MFA Fashion Design and Society Parsons NY (October 2023). Published by Warehouse - A Place for Clothes in Context.
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Our Rags Magazine:
Imagine what a fashion magazine would look like in 400 years. In a world with no natural resources left, transformation and recycling are the only way forward. Our Rags Magazine is a collaborative project by Aimée Zito Lema and Elisa van Joolen that investigates transformative processes, proposing new forms of collective production aimed at the reuse of discarded clothing and textiles. The project and resulting magazine question consumer behavior and its relationship to the world in which we live. Further expanding the potential of recycled material, Our Rags Magazine is a magazine where the pages not only show clothing but actually are clothing.
For more information about Our Rags Magazine (ORM):
ORM Instagram  |  E-flux on ORM Issue 1  |  Warehouse
This event is free and open to the public.
Presented by MFA Fashion Design & Society at Parsons School of Design and Our Rags Magazine.
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Amsterdam-based Elisa van Joolen’s (Italy/Netherlands, 1983) approach to clothing design is characterized by strategies of intervention and reconfiguration. Elisa’s projects often reflect specific social contexts and emphasize collaboration and participation. Van Joolen was an artist in residence at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (2019/20) and alumnus of MFA Fashion Design and Society Parsons, NY (2012).
Lucia Cuba is a Peruvian designer, textile artist, and scholar. She is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Social Justice, and the Donna Karan Director of the MFA Fashion Design and Society at Parsons. Cuba approaches wearable forms as performative and political devices at the intersection of social justice, design and art.
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