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Kritikon Khamsawat & Mira Pedlar

Kritikon originally from a small village in Chiang Mai, Thailand, now is based in Naarm (Melbourne) is a fashion practitioner that works with body performances in traditional garments and objects. Recently graduated Masters of Fashion Design (2022) at RMIT, Kritikon current practice captivates the context between taking traditional garments and the unorthodox way of dressing in everyday objects. To create a new exaggerated garment form and how it performs on and off the body. Kritikon approaches fashion through the lens of an art from within surrealism, allowing the audience to question and interpret fashion in an unconventional yet organic way, inviting new experiences to the audience and fashion making.

Instagram: @hauteqatur

Mira Pedlar's photographic work delves into the realms of tension, fragmentation, and the abstraction of the human form. With an unwavering exploration of gender and femininity, her imagery strikes a harmonious yet often provocative chord. Employing a delicate balance between visibility and a concealed desire, her visuals invite viewers to embark on a journey of unravelling its many layers.

Instagram: @mira____pedlar

“Beautiful as the accidental encounter, on a dissecting table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella”. Isidore Ducasse (1809-87)

  • Photography: Mira Pedlar

  • Dressing practices influence moods, how we visualise things and how we interact with objects or garments. This suggests an inherent link between the two mediums of objects and performance. Exploring how these objects archetype within social cliche have a significant impact on the performance. When dressing or using a certain object, we provoke a physical response while navigating the body through the strong language that is already built within the archetype.

    Surrealism comes in play, through challenging human experience. Here we examine how changes in the social life that are driven by inter-relationship between human relationships with garments and objects. This challenges its context of changing human experience of how these objects are used, but still maintaining the familiarity.

    Models: Christine Zhou and Yang

    Makeup & Hair: Nicole Damaso

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