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LEAVE YOUR MARK
THE IMMERSIVE AR EXPERIENCE FOCUSING ON QUEER VISIBILITY IN DIGITAL SPACES. EXHIBITED AT THE CREATIVE COMPUTING INSTITUTE SHOWCASE 2023
THIS PROJECT INVITES THE USER TO LEAVE THEIR MARK BY STEPPING INTO THESE PUNK-INSPIRED STUDDED STOMPERS THROUGH AN EXCLUSIVE AR FILTER. ERADICATE THE NORM AND REWRITE THE BINARIES THAT HINDER AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION.
THE CREATIVE COMPUTING INSTITUTE OPENS ITS DOORS FOR A PHYSICAL EXHIBITION AT THE INSTITUTE’S ART GALLERY, EXPLORING THE INTERSECTIONS OF ART, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN.
THROUGH THEIR UNIQUE COMPUTING PRACTICE, ARTISTS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW WE CAN ALL BETTER THE FUTURE, BETTER THE ARTS AND BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
THE SHOWCASE FEATURES ARTWORKS FROM AN ARRAY OF TALENT, AND LIVE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS, PHYSICAL COMPUTING, SCREENINGS AND VR PROJECTS.
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FASHION DISTRICT FESTIVAL 2023
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CURATED BY LEE LAPTHORNE, CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT ON
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THIS YEARS SHOWCASE FEATURES LONDON’S EMERGING DESIGNERS. WITH AN IMMERSIVE CATWALK COMBINING BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL INSTALLATIONS. HOUSE OF AUTONOMY IS FEATURED ALONGISDE THE FABRICANT AND INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL FASHION IN AN IMMERSIVE FILM BY OSCAR KEENE. SHOWN IN SPITALFIENDS LONDON AND LIVE STREAMED TO NEW YORK.
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ANNE-DRIOD
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IN COLLABORATION WITH DIGITAL STUDIO, NEO.CENE AND SHOWCASED AT THE TATE BRITAIN CYBORG FUTURES EXHIBTION.
CYBORG FUTURES IS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING EXHIBITION THAT EXPLORES THE CONTRAST BETWEEN OUR ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL SELVES WHILE ANALYSING THE CYBORG THEORY THROUGH CONTEMPORARU MEDIUMS. INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF SHAWANDA CORBETT, A VISUAL ARTIST AND CERAMICISTS FROM NEW YORK, THE TATE BRITAIN SEEKS THE VIEWER TO ADDRESS THEIR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY.
CREATED WITH 3D ARTIST TAMARIS ELLINS AND FOUNDER OF DIGTIAL STUDIO, NEO.CENE CAME ‘ANNE-DRIOD’.
ANNE-DRIOD CONSIDERS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE, THE COALESCENCE OF MAN AND MANMADE. THROUGH TEXTURAL, ARTIFICIAL INTIMACY, THE WORK PRESENTS THE EVER ENTANGLING PHENOMENON OF TECHNOLOGICAL AUTOMATION AND THE HUMAN CONDITION.
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IN COLLABORATION WITH ART DIRECTIOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER, LIWENXUAN XU.
‘NYMPHO’ PROPOSES AN INTENSIVE AND STIMULATING CLUB EVENT DESIGNED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO UNLEASH THEIR FULL SEXUALITY. THE EVENT AIMS TO PROMOTE SEXUAL EXPRESSION, FREEDOM, LOVE AND SEX. COMPLETE WITH A DARKROOM AND FETISH-INSPIRED INTERIOR, THIS DIGITISED CONCEPT IS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH THE CREATION OF A PROSTHETIC-BASED PHYSICAL BOOK ANALYSING HUMAN DESIRE WITHIN THE FIVE SENSES OF SEX.
SPLIT INTO THREE KINKIFIED LEVELS, THESE RENDERED IMAGES TAKE INFLUENCE FROM THE LAYOUT AND FOUNDATIONS OF THE REAL LONDON CLUB ‘METROPOLIS. A GENTLEMEN’S CLUB & STRIP CLUB LOCATED IN CAMBRIDGE HEATH, EAST LONDON.
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‘BACKSTREET LOVERS’ PART I
IN THE HEART OF LONDON’S PULSATING NIGHTLIFE, HIDDEN AWAY LIKE A WHISPERED SECRET, LIES THE BACKSTREET BAR – A HAVEN OF UNLEASHED PASSIONS, A SANCTUARY FOR THOSE WHO DARE TO EXPLORE THE DARKEST CORNERS OF THEIR DESIRES.
THE BACKSTREET BAR IS A PLACE WHERE TIME STANDS STILL, WHERE REBELLION MEETS SENSUALITY, AND A DISTINCT AURA OF UNAPOLOGETIC AUTHENTICITY PERMEATES THE AIR. THIS LEATHERY LEGACY SERVED AS A SYMBOL OF RESILIENCE FOR THE QUEER COMMUNITY DURING THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF THE HIV AND AIDS CRISIS.
THIS COLLECTION TAKES ITS CUES FROM THE RAW AND EDGY AESTHETICS ROOTED IN THE BAR’S MONUMENTAL PAST, INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF LEATHER, RUBBER AND OTHER FETISH INSPIRED MATERIALS.
‘BACKSTREET LOVERS: PART I’ ISNT JUST A DIGITAL COLLECTION; ITS A STATEMENT OF INDIVIDUALITY, A TOKEN OF OUR QUEER HISTORY REINTRODUCED INTO THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE. IT INVITES WEARERS TO EXPLORE THEIR INNER STRENGTH, WHERE BOLD FASHION CHOICES ARE CELEBRATE AND AUTHENTICITY IS KING. IN A WORLD WHERE CONFORMITY OFTEN REIGNS, THIS COLLECTION SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS BEAUTY IN BREAKING THE RULES, AND TRUE STYLE IS BORN FROM THE COURAGE TO BE DIFFERENT.
‘BACKSTREET LOVERS’ PART I WAS SHOWCASED AT DIGITAL FASHION WEEK 2023 WITH HOUSE OF AUTONOMY BEING ONE OF ITS SELECTED BRANDS, SCREENING IN NEW YORK, LONDON AND PARIS.
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THE DEBUT CAPSULE COLLECTION
NEXT STOP: LIBERATION IS THE FOUNDATIONS OF ONES PERSONAL IDENTITY. THROUGH THE USE OF DECONSTRUCTED TRADITIONAL MENSWEAR, THIS COLLECTION REFLECTS THE NARRATIVE BEHIND RE-WORKING ORTHODOX DRESS TO FIT EACH INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. TEARING APART THESE EXPIRED MALE UNIFORMS ATTACHED TO RIGID BINARY-NORMS IS OUR WAY OF APPROACHING THESE RESTRICTIVE SOCIAL SYSTEMS WITH A GIANT DIGITAL MIDDLE FINGER.
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‘NEXT STOP: LIBERATION’ SHORTLISTED AS A FINALIST FOR THE ROOKIE AWARDS 2023 IN THE DIGITAL FASHION CATAGORY
THE DEVIL’S INCUBUS
THIS PHY(SICAL + DI)GITAL COLLECTION PAYS HOMAGE TO MY CHILDHOOD TERRAIN, SATURDATED WITH OLD FOLKLORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCRIPTURES OF LEVITICUS. ANALYSING THE DEMONIC INCUBUS, A NIGHTMARISH SPIRIT RENOWNED FOR ITS SEDUCTION, THIS COLLECTION EXAMINES THE INTERSECTIONS OF QUEER IDENTITY AND CATHOLIC POPPYCOCK BY DIVING INTO THE COMPLEXITY OF SPIRITUALITY, SEXUALITY AND RELIGIOUS REJECTION.
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HOUSE OF AUTONOMY IS A LONDON-BASED LABEL WITH A FOCUS FOR QUEER VISIBILITY WITHIN DIGITAL SPACES.
CREATED BY CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND DIGITAL FASHION DESIGNER, JOSEPH BOYS-SMITH, THE LABEL REFLECTS UNAPOLOGETIC QUEER LIBERATION THROUGH REFERENCES OF PAST PUNK SUBCULTURES AND THE BRANDS PERSONAL MANIFESTO BUILT UPON THE DESIRE OF NON-CONFORMITY. THE AUTONOMOUS LABEL WISHES NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR OWN IDENTITY.
HOUSE OF AUTONOMY HAS PROUDLY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH VARIOUS SHOWCASES AND PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE TATE BRITIAN, THE FASHION DISTRICT FESTIVAL, DIGITAL FASHION WEEK AND DAZED.
COME EXPERIENCE THE POWER BEHIND HOUSE OF AUTONOMY
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OUR VALUES
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GENDER NORMS ARE DEAD
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS ARE DEAD
THE TRADITIONAL CYCLE IS DEAD
House of Autonomy is a celebration of queer rebellion through the eradication of restrictive binaries.
As a house, our doors are open to all expressions of identity. Regardless of gender or sexuality, we celebrate the power of being free and living your truth through fashion and art.
Fluidity is freedom.
House of Autonomy is the digital artillery required to eradicate the expired social constructs, we are told to follow.
As a house, we do not support society’s role of dictating who you are supposed to be. Human entities are far too complex to all belong to strict cookie cutters.
To not conform is to live.
House of Autonomy is the amalgamation of the new digital age and thought-provoking fashion. We do not conform to the traditional fashion cycle.
As a house, we create wearable fashion pieces through the power of innovative technology. Opting for digital-only garments allows us to keep our carbon footprint at a heavily reduced rate all while storming the Metaverse with unapologetic queer rebellion.
The Earth is worth fighting for.
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