Creative Design: Professional

Unbound

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Abstract

Unbound is one of the creative outcomes of a research project that explores the social notions of "woman" and the construct of women's bodies in western civilization throughout history. The project aims to visually represent the concepts, some ambivalent (e.g., life/birth vs. death, salvation vs. damnation, earth vs. sea) and some paradoxical (i.e., a woman is a regenerator but not a creator), that a women’s bodies symbolize. Through the design of Unbound, the designer aimed to represent the ambivalent symbolization of the female body and feminine sexuality. What has been an erotic object of men’s sexual desire and a symbol of physical/psychological entrapment has been reimagined from a woman’s point of view. Made by a woman designer, Unbound is intended to remind women that they have always owned their bodies and sexuality, despite the social norms that have entrapped them within their own bodies. 

Keywords: ambivalent aesthetics, female sexuality, woman's body, social notions of woman

How to Cite:

Shin, J., (2020) “Unbound”, International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings 77(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/itaa.12125