Sophie Roumans
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“My installation illustrates the connection between our lives, the world, and its inhabitants. It emphasises how our choices have consequences for people worldwide. I want to show that behind our everyday actions, such as a trip to the supermarket, there are hidden impactful and political consequences.”
Exploitation
“The work reveals the dark side of our consumer society, where in my research, for example, I draw attention to the exploitation in Congo. Here, the pressure we exert as consumers is strongly visible; severe poverty due to low wages and forced labour. The dire situation in this country shows that someone else pays the price for our cheap products.
Connection
“In my interactive installation, a human figure is depicted, clad in clothing that transforms during the exhibition. Visitors are invited to sprinkle water over the work with a spoon. When the materials get wet, they swell up, revealing patterns and causing the fabric to disappear.
If it doesn’t receive water, it dries out. A metaphor for the attention we need to pay to parts of our society that are not always visible.
Dissolution of Neglect invites us to reflect and reminds us that our actions are globally interconnected. It requires care and attention to strengthen the fabrics of justice and humanity globally.”
[interview: Nicole Beaujean | N.B tekst & advies]
Sophie Roumans
HKU Fashion Design (2017)
ROC RijnIJssel Maatkleding (2012)
designer and owner of Roumans (since 2018)
State of Fashion curated by FDFA at Rozet: interactive installation
title: Dissolution of Neglect