posted on 2021-03-27, 18:48authored byKerry Curtis
<i>Dressing for Evacuation</i> is a series of life size photographic portraits, shown as part of the US <i>Feverish World</i> <i>Symposium</i>, 2018 and the <i>UK Fashion & Textiles FutureScan 4 </i>Conference in 2019. Through a fictional participatory scenario the project explores human emergency responses to getting dressed and gathering limited possessions for survival.<br><br>This item contains a symposium programme, a contextual outline, 9 images of the preparation of <i>Dressing For Evacuation</i> for installation, and 6 final installation views including the fold out poster.<br><br>This item documents the inclusion of <i>Dressing For Evacuation</i> in <i>TentWorks</i>, part of the <i>Feverish World Symposium</i> organised by Eco Culture Lab, and held in October 2018 at the University of Vermont, USA. Featuring discussion, workshops, exhibition, and the installations in <i>TentWorks</i> the 3 day symposium addressed how educational and cultural institutions might respond to the intensifying global crisis and develop ways of working together to face future humanitarian and environmental destabilisation.<div><br></div><div><b>Promotional material courtesy of the Feverish World Symposium, The University of Vermont andEcoCultureLab.</b></div><div><br><b>Photography by Lucy Saunders.</b><div><b>Used with permission.</b><br><br><b>The work is under copyright and may not be used without permission. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.</b><div><div><br></div></div></div></div>