“In-utile”
- A Discussion into Chinese Contemporary Fashion Design
Organizer: The Third Hand
Time: 15:00 – 17:00, Sunday April 17, 2011
Location: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd
Language: Chinese & English
Cost: 30RMB/person (covering fresh ground coffee and tea)
Event Schedule:
15:00 Brief Introduction to The Third Hand Project & the Documentary “In-utile”
15:15 Movie Time (clip)
15:55 Break
16:00 Discussion on Local Fashion Industry
17:00 End
About the Event
Have you ever thought about the role clothes are playing in our life? Nowadays, as brands of any kind are flooding the whole fashion industry with lots of manufactured garments, we almost forget the importance of wearing clothes that we like. This Sunday afternoon at 3PM, come to gather and share with us your thoughts. First we will watch “In-utile”, a short documentary about the unconventional work of Ma Ke (马可), a Chinese fashion designer. Join us after for an open discussion.
Hope to hear from you here!
About the documentary:
The tropical humidity of Guangzhou. A garment factory. Some young workers coming from all across the country to work in the hot hectic of a plant. Fashionable clothes produced on an assembly line to be sell everywhere after. The design of the independent brand EXCEPTION is also coming into being. The young designer Ma Ke (马可) and her friends are creating a unique “exception”. She wants it to be her own fashion, history and culture combine into a clothing design. In the upcoming Paris Fashion Week 2007, Ma Ke (马可) will bring a “In-utile” series of garment to the fashion capital.
The movie is part of the “Artist Trilogy” from the director Jia Zhangke and won the Horizons Documentary Award at Venice Film Festival in 2007
About The Third Hand:
The Third Hand use the redesign of second hand clothes to convey emotions. Old clothes carry with them their own history and often represent for oneself more than an a simple product. The Third Hand is an attempt to pursue further the on-going emotional story hidden inside every cloth.
The Third Hand is a personal project from Qu Hongyuan AKA Yuan, a young fashion designer.
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看过南都周刊写的一篇关于新塘镇（东莞，牛仔裤产业镇）的专题，非常期待本片。
看着介绍感觉有点像郑老师的《我是钱》，形式类似，不过讲的东西不太一样。。就是不知道记录片会是怎么去表述的。。期待中。。。
sophievoyage will be coming with plus one: mika zhou