Stealth Wear
Rhizome commissioned artist Adam Harvey hosts an exhibition of 'anti surveillance' fashion in collaboration with NYC fashion designer Johanna Bloomfield and Primitive London from Jan 18th - 31st. The three pieces on show tackle the aesthetics of privacy and the potential for fashion to subvert surveillance.
Each piece is accompanied by video documentation uncovering the counter-technology which underpins each item of clothing. The Anti-Drone hoody and scarf are stealth wear intended to thwart thermal imaging, a technology employed by UAVs (aka Drones). The Off Pocket is an accessory that instantly blacks out your phone's signal. And the XX Shirt is a digital print which shields your heart from X-Ray radiation.
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