Zoran Dobric, an assistant professor in the Fashion Design MFA program in the School of Graduate Studies, presented his wearable art installation Corporeal Flux at the 27th Annual International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institute (IFFTI) conference, hosted by the London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London, UAL) March 24-30. This interdisciplinary practice-based research project explores the refugee experience and healing through collaborative creative practice.
The installation included a hand-painted dress by Dobric and suspended photographic prints of the piece by Stephen Severn. The garment is informed by Dobric’s refugee experience when he fled the war in the former Yugoslavia. He expresses these disturbing memories through hand-painted abstracted morphing bodies that represent physical and cultural displacement. The photographs by Severn present these memories and experiences as a fluid search for self-realization through community.
IFFTI is a global network of 55 leading fashion and textiles institutions from 23 countries. Working with industry, government, NGOs, and communities, IFFTI fosters collaboration to share knowledge, skills, and research, shaping fashion pedagogy, research, and practice.
