Voxfrock Rookie Christopher (He/Him) Young reports from the mesmerising Micologia, the third annual installment in Melbourne label Remuse‘s exploration of life death and renewal performed at the Footscray Community Arts Centre on the Autumnal Equinox.
Words and pictures: Christopher Young
Micologia transcended what fashion can be. REMUSE designer and director Tamara Leacock conjured a multifaceted experience for the performance piece, a fusion of fashion, movement, light and sound spawned by the varying shapes and textures of fungi.
Even Micologia’s pre-show atmosphere fit Tamara’s original concept with eclectic calming visuals and live vocals by indigenous Australian artist BUMPY. The perfect preface for her Remuse garments.
Tamara showcased thought-evoking silhouettes focussed particularly on connections in each garment’s structure. Knots, for example, and their relationship with draping. Techniques of wrapping and layering. Fabrics cut to mimic forms of fungi, their colours and prints reminiscent of those natural design traits.
Each model explored a representation of fungi either by the physical placement and movement of their garments across the ground to resemble earth based themes, or in patterns similar to actual fungi forms. The fluidity was beautiful, the audience seemingly awed.
As light projected onto the models, screens imitated the true form of each silhouette. The pace was slow, shifting how the fashion could be analysed. Whilst other runways might be trying to catch up after our slower year of 2020, we were reminded by Micologia that slow is still important. Always will be.
Meet the rookie
Christopher Young
Christopher is studying his Bachelor in Fashion Marketing and Applied Business at Collarts and his Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and Management at Kelly Aykers. He is passionate about fashion and dance with specific interest is monochromatic greyscale fashion styles explored through movement, a subject he discusses on his blog YUUNG.
