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CHEN
We Are What We Eat
2022
This collection represents my interpretation of the phrase “you are what you eat” through the lens of modern consumerism. These days, we consume goods the way we consume food – as if it is a necessity. Furthermore, our consumption is not just defined by what we consume, but by the practices and institutions that are behind it. In this collection, I merged human anatomy with pieces of our consumption in fashion – fabric scraps, threads, tags, receipts. In these pieces, human anatomy cannot be separated from the material, communicating the idea that we cannot separate our person from our decisions, habits, and consequences.
Read my full artist statement here.
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