Arts Thread

‘We run in different shoes, yet long to stand on the same common ground.’ This project is inspired by the Iranian film "The Children Of Heaven". The touching story of the brother and sister in the film because they shared a pair of shoes made me rethink the social issues related to multi-child families. In this project, I attempted to use clothing to carry the discussion about social class. I stepped into the film and discussed this social topic through the relationship between the body and clothing. Those shoes that don't fit so well, in my view, this kind of inappropriateness in the minor details is a metaphor for class inequality. Therefore, in this project, I want to realize the idea of making the clothing smaller and more fitting through my own way, using the wool fleece shrinking process, to achieve a certain sense of equality. At the same time, I conducted research on many traditional Iranian handicrafts, such as hand dyeing to carved prints, the patterns on traditional furniture and carpets, and even the pieces and patches on children's bodies, which made me want to present my concepts through patchwork.