작품 <The Dress-scape>에 나타난 표피를 통한 자기 인식과 드레스-스케이프에 관한 고찰

Abstract

This study aims to explore the notion and properties of “epidermic self-awareness” and “dress-scape” led by theoretical studies and the practice of 〈The Dress-scape〉. Epidermic selfawareness allows the wearer to become aware of the boundary of his or her body through the physical encounter with clothes. The accumulation of those experiences builds his or her own life through communicating and relating himself or herself with external environments. Dress-scape can be defined as the affective result of wearing experiences on the body, and it can influence change of the inner self. The practice of 〈The Dress-scape〉 consists of an unusual corset that aggressively irritates the body and a short-film of the process of putting it on and taking it off by the researcher. By analyzing the film based on the narrative, shooting, and editing techniques, dress-scape can be explored according to affect and body as a milieu. Affect, not simply as an emotional response from a physical experience, refers to the relationship of the self and the external environment revealed from the body. In this sense, the dressed body becomes a milieu as well as a subject in which affective experiences are embodied through the moments of perpetual mingling between the wearer and the environment. This study is significant as a case of practice-led research as it attempts to focus on the practice in order to investigate the notion by established theoretical studies. It also represents the potentiality of the expansion of the field of fashion practice-based research through the experimental practice of using other mediums.