Overalls - Complex Document(s): a Never-ending Artistic Research Process

Abstract

<p>I want to show that a pair of overalls can be a document in many senses, and thus demonstrate that the complementary relationship between materiality, sociality and conceptuality is a very complex relationship. <p>I will use an artistic approach to show the complex relationship and make an exposition of verbal text and images, consisting of 4 parts: <p>1. Origin of overalls <p>A short history of overalls - denim pants first with suspenders and later with bibs. They go back to the 18th century, were mass-produced by Levi Strauss and Lee and became popular work garment and later for leisure and fashion for both men and women. <p>2. "Broken in" overalls <p>A document of use and often hard work, shown in faded denim. They can be used for generations, with overalls handed over from father to sons or daughters <p>3. Mending overalls <p>A document of repairing overalls by mending and patching, documenting traditions for mending clothes <p>4. Overalls as wearable art <p>A document of art shown by the visible mending and patches making overalls into pieces of art work <p>5. Document theory <p>Overalls - a showcase of the complexity of the complementary relationship between materiality, sociality and conceptuality