Play Harder
Have we suppressed and forgotten „play“ as a cultural practise? We tried. We played. In playful interventions ornamental objects are created. The objects are very impractical and useless, but extremely functional for playful interaction. Play is interaction. Playing is engagement. Fashion that is created and re-created in play is living, interactive discussion and relationship. Relation to one another, relation to our material surrounding, relation with the new that arises. Again and again. We are part of this new, the objects and ideas. And they are part of us. Our empowering, transformative strategy is the act of dressing. The emphasis is on playful. Play Harder. Engage. Alter. Create. Transform. Engage. Interact. Change. Re-act. Engage. Re-create. Engage. Wonder.
“Play Harder” was and is characterized by playful interventions. We played. So far, a collection of ornamental objects has been created, useless and impractical, but extremely functional for playful interaction.
And three stories were created that represent a few of the many that can arise with the objects in a new moment of play. With the garments and our bodies, we can create and re-create our expression as a playing community. The Act of “Dressing” is our empowering strategy.
If you by now got curious about the “Play Harder” stories and project, or if you have questions about the experience of a seriously playful design-practise, please feel free to contact me. E-Mail: spitzkatha@gmail.com, Instagram: @kathakathak
THANK YOU, every single one of you, who made this project possible. Thank you for your brains and hands and patience. Thank you and PLAY HARDER!
Credits:
Design and Crafting: Katharina Spitz
Crafting: Frederik Britzlmair, Naja Stellmach, Erika Körner, Khulan Klecker, Clara Bageac, Natalyia Suzyak, Petra Staeck-Spitz
Photography [see credits with each photograph]: Lexi Sun and Angelina Vernetti
Hair and Make-Up[see credits with each photograph]: Una You and Titia Grefe
Performers, Models and People Playing along [see credits with each photograph]: Laura Talkenberg, Clara Bageac, Frederik Britzlmair, Mia Raz, Elizaveta Efimova, Erika Körner, Natalyia Suzyak, Aron Küppers, Philipp Kind,
Jee Hye Lee [IZAIO Modelmanagament, @izaio.modelmanagement, @izaio.development]