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regenwasser kunst am bau (ss_56)
Video Installation & Costume Design

Maria Jose Basantes & Viana Wagokh

The SS56 project was developed through a blend of costumes, performance, and video installations.

Divided into two parts _ Excess and Scarcity_ ,the fashion collection transforms visible signs of environmental strain (like dry skin, bloated features, or swelling) into accessories that are branded as a new style, rather than insecurities created by the lack or excess of water, and the climate crisis as a whole.

The project underscores a critical psychological aspect: people often don't act on serious issues like the climate crisis until they feel its effects personally. By turning these impacts into fashion, SS56 plays on this tendency, showing how insecurities linked to environmental changes can be manipulated. Fashion becomes a psychological tool, not just a statement, influencing how people perceive urgent matters when they touch individual lives. In making the climate crisis wearable, SS56 critiques society’s tendency to engage with environmental issues only at a surface level.
It reveals how fashion can be used to reshape public awareness, masking the severity of the problem while bringing it into the spotlight through trends rather than action.

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