The Plastic I Wear, Cellina Vatour, 2020
The world of fast fashion is an incredibly large contributor to landfills. Tiny microplastics within the cheap fabrics, such as polyester, are slowly building up in our landfills with nowhere to go but into our environment.
Do you know where your clothes come from? No, I’m not just talking about which mall you went to or which store you bought your new shirt from; I’m talking about the sweatshop it might’ve been made in or the harsh working conditions with young individuals being paid extremely low to compensate for the cost of fast fashion clothing.
As an artist I want my art to ask the audience a question without being “vocal” about it. I want the audience to try and make their own personal questions without an obvious answer. I want the audience to understand that despite me advocating the unethical background of fast fashion, I’m no saint. I have had my contribution to the fast fashion, which is why I modelled on myself, and that makes my ability to connect to the audience even stronger.