FAS–MOD–KAW

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Gestural Lineages

Rebellion as system

FAS–MOD–KAW

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Rebellion as system

FAS–MOD–KAW

Rebellion as system

Index Code:

FAS–MOD–KAW

Orgin:

Tokyo, Japan / Paris, France

Field Notes:

rebellion as system · body as concept · silhouette as argument

Defining Moment:

Spring 1997 — Body Meets Dress; the body reimagined as concept

Rei Kawakubo

(

1969 – present

)

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Kawakubo invents worlds whole cloth.

Her silhouettes refuse the body, proposing new anatomies of thought — lumps, voids, and volumes arranged like metaphysical arguments.

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Each collection dismantles fashion’s logic only to rebuild it as philosophy.

Structural Focus

Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Rei Kawakubo’s work, this approach appears where form is dismantled to expose structure.

Position

Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Rei Kawakubo’s work, this approach appears where form is dismantled to expose structure.

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Gesture functions as structure through disciplined, repeatable action.

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Form is constructed around the body through material, proportion, and movement.

Current practice engages inherited structures under present conditions.

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Structual Relations

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