DEEDS CALENDAR: MODE Thema MODE: Clothing as an expression of a political attitude – Kunstbibliothek | from 18.09.2024
To position oneself against existing power relations, to question, confirm or reinforce traditional conventions, to show solidarity or to rebel offensively: Clothing is not only used in declarative T-shirts to show a political position. Various strategies are pursued by means of direct and conspicuous codes, whether in a discreetly sublime manner or through seemingly inconspicuous and affirmative clothing behaviour. In this tense relationship, the lectures in the series ‘MODE Thema MODE’ from 18 September 2024 are dedicated to the concepts of political expression through clothing from the 16th century to the present day.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates: from Wednesday, 18 September 2024
MADE IN GERMANY. Fashion and right-wing extremism: Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 6 pm
MONSTER GIRLS & BONDAGE BOYS
Fantasy and subversion in punk fashion: Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 6 pm
DRESSES, BLING, QUEEN
Observations on visual strategies of the British royal family: Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 6 pm
RAISON D’ÉTAT AND FASHION DICTATES. Aspects of royal dress practice in the French Second Empire: Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 6 pm
THE NATIONAL COSTUME DEBATE. Attempts to establish national dress in the 18th and 19th centuries: Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 6 p.m.
CLOTHES, JEWELLERY AND WEAPONS. Vestimentary representation at the Electoral Saxon court 1550 -1650: Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 6 p.m.
WHERE?
Kulturforum, Kunstbibliothek
Matthäikirchplatz 6
10785 Berlin
Image above: Die Royal Family auf dem Balkon von Buckingham Palace, Bildnachweis: Lorna Roberts / Shutterstock.com
