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13/10/2004

The Beauty of Uniformity

ZKM_Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe

Symposium. The symposium investigates examples of the serial uniformity of clothes and bodies. Uniformity is understood as a social and cultural phenomenon that exerts a considerable influence on social processes. The terms 'uniform' and 'uniformity' have negative connotations because they are associated with law enforcement agencies (army, police). However, uniform types of clothing are both part of an everyday personal role model and a structural model for mass ready-made clothing.


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Symposium in the ZKM Lecture Hall

Thursday, 14 October 2004
admission free

The symposium investigates examples of the serial uniformity of clothes and bodies. Uniformity is understood as a social and cultural phenomenon that exerts a considerable influence on social processes. The terms ‘uniform’ and ‘uniformity’ have negative connotations because they are associated with law enforcement agencies (army, police). However, uniform types of clothing are both part of an everyday personal role model and a structural model for mass ready-made clothing. The symposium examines examples of uniforming processes in both historical contexts and situations of radical change, such as the church, the army and companies (corporate fashion), and in areas of modern consumption: the fashion of sub-culture styles and everyday media (film, Internet). The studies, which form part of the ‘Key Themes of the Humanities’ programme, are funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (Hanover).

Organisers: Birgit Richard (University of Frankfurt am Main)
and Gabriele Mentges (University of Dortmund) in cooperation with the
ZKM | Karlsruhe.

Programme

Full version with abstracts and biographies: http://www.birgitrichard.de

10.30 Opening with Gabriele Mentges (Dortmund) and Birgit Richard (Frankfurt am Main): The Beauty of Uniformity
11.00–12.00 Andrew Bolton (New York): Military Technology and Uniformity in Fashion (in English)
12.00–13.00 Efrat Tseelon (Dublin, Ireland): Identity, Uniformity and Masquerade (in English)
14.30–15.00 Sven Druehl (Frankfurt am Main): The Uniformed Artist
15.00–15.30 Dagmar Konrad (Dortmund): The Monastery
15.30–16.00 Regina Henkel (Dortmund): The Stewardess
16.30–17.00 Heike Jenß (Dortmund): Customize me! Individualisation in Mass Fashion
17.00–17.30 Alexander Ruhl (Frankfurt am Main): Fascination Fighter: the Music Video as a Uniforming Military Event

17.30–18.30 Valerie Steele (New York): Fashion and Uniform (in English)

Presented by Gabriele Mentges, Klaus Neumann-Braun and Birgit Richard
The Beauty of Uniformity: Convention in the monastery cloisters

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ZKM | Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
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