CONTINGENCY PLAN
@ Waikato Museum, Auckland
3 August - 10 November, 2019
CONTINGENCY PLAN, 2019
Aramid kevlar, carbon fibre kevlar, fireman jacket, nylon, cotton, cable ties
Performance, sizes variable
Collaboration with Wilson Ong
Finalist at National Contemporary Art Awards 2019
Anchored by research into hostile architecture and counter-terrorism tactics, CONTINGENCY PLAN employs the material language implemented within the uniforms of private security and military forces.
The patchwork construction alludes to the desperate, DIY methodologies of modern insurgency, whilst the concealed patternmaking speaks to a legacy of fashions ability to negate/identify creed and/or ideological alignment.
