Fashionclash Installation - I AM SAD - by Margreet Sweerts
The installation ‘I AM SAD’ is a preview of the Festival of Sadness (Verdrietfestival, Festival der Traurigkeit) that will take place autumn 2018 in the Euregio Maastricht/Aken from Sept 19th – Oct 7th. This preview connects sadness with the theme of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2018 by giving The mater dolorosa (the sad mother Maria) a make-over. ‘the space of sadness’ will be a work in progress during opening hours of Lumière. (Free entrance, open 11.00-17.00 hrs)
A divers group of designers and performers is developing a space for sadness, as an antidote for the present societal pressure to be happy and UP, fueled by the need to be part of the fake digital thumbs up world. What do people need when they are sad and together in a public space? Does one feel like hiding or being noticed? Can your clothing comfort you? How do we wear sorrow?
‘the space of sadness’ will be a work in progress during opening hours of Lumière (location Annex, Lumìere Cinema)
Festival of Sadness is generously supported by Provincie Limburg, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Bankgiro Loterij Fonds
Foto: Pierre Hansen