Drawn by Ole Ukena. Made with the Bali atelier. Explore the work through four films from the campaign archive.
Wearable works carried by different bodies.
A drawing takes shape through many hands. Wearing brings it into the world. A glance, a question, a conversation: UKENA includes these encounters in the work, even when nobody recognises them as art.
01 Idea
A drawing offers the first direction.
02 Making
The line becomes thread. Tailoring gives the cloth its shape.
03 Wearing
Your movement, choices and surroundings give the work another context.
04 Encounter
A glance, a question, another reading. The encounter belongs to the work, even when nothing is said.
05 Continuation
A conversation, a memory, another meeting. The work extends through what happens between people.
At the machine, an embroiderer guides the cloth beneath the needle. Tailoring gives it shape.
The line changes as it passes between these hands. Each decision becomes part of the piece you wear.
Inside the atelier
Drawings carried across linen, colour and changing combinations.
Separate thread colours build a transition across the surface. Seen together, they read as a fade.
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A drawing can live on a wall or move through the world on a body. Put them beside each other and see how the line changes.
Ask about a related wall workFriends, music, exhibitions and the work being worn.
HA HA HA, blue linen and a longtime friend.
From the records to a work out in the world.
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