26.11.2024
Anti-work mode
In this article, Aude Fellay examines critiques of work in fashion, and of work more broadly, in the light of the concept of ‘the refusal of work’, and the call for it,…
Category : Fashion Design, Jewellery and Accessory
11.11.2024
What does the role of an artistic director entail today?
As part of the Mode Conversation series organized by the Master of Arts in Fashion and Accessories Design at HEAD — Geneva (HES-SO), Lutz Huelle discussed with Alice Bouleau, partner at the…
12.02.2024
Habits de scène, vêtements de vie
Désassigner les pratiques : modes de (dés)emploi
A dialogue with choreographer and performer François Chaignaud, led by philosopher and choreographer Emma Bigé and art historian Magali Le Mens, co-organized by HEAD – Geneva and the Centre Maurice Chalumeau en…
14.06.2023
Comment le climat transforme la mode
Talking Head with Cecilia Llorens
A brand known for its comfortable shoes in bright colours and playful designs, Camper is also committed to the sustainability of its products. From the outset, the company, which was founded in…
14.06.2023
ISSUE #19 – Making it low-carbon
Video footage of the conference series
This series of Talking Heads talks dedicated to low-carbon creation examines how the new climate regime is revolutionising the very nature of the artwork; its raison d'être; its values; its aesthetic criteria…
23.05.2023
Jeansdinge moving on
Welcome Jeansdinge.com - the website is online
Originally, in the early 2000s, Jeansdinge was a collection of denim objects brought together by artist-researchers Katharina Hohmann and Katharina Tietze for an exhibition exploring the grey areas between art and fashion,…
24.04.2023
Fashion’s political turn
Interview with fashion journalist Mélody Thomas for the Front Row podcast
The HEAD – Genève welcomed journalist Mélody Thomas during its traditional open doors for an interview on her book La Mode est politique : Un bref lexique inclusif (2022). The meeting was…
21.02.2023
What’s with the Gimmick?
Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s Theory of The Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (2020), this essay examines the reception of fashion collective Vetements through the lens of the gimmick, discussing the label’s…
20.12.2022
ISSUE #16 – Profession: creative worker
Artists and designers confront the challenges of work
As both the dominant mode of self-realisation and a tool for creating wealth in the capitalist world, work is constantly being redefined. Our relationship to it has been affected by automation, the…
20.12.2022
Mode et anthropologie : chassé-croisé autour de la question du travail
Giulia Mensitieri conducted a field survey on the working conditions in fashion, demonstrating how the image of luxury masks and justifies the precarious reality of workers. In this in-depth interview, Aude Fellay…