09/09-19/09/2021
MIKA KAILES: VISCERAL BODIES
EXHIBITION
ARTSECT GALLERY
SOLO EXHIBITION: VISCERAL BODIES BY MIKA KAILES
Produced, styled and photographed by Mika Kailes, Visceral Bodies unpicks the layers of the human form through dialogic acts between the body and garment. The work emphasises the ways in which they become an extension of the body–eventually transforming it.
Juxtaposing immiscible elements, the project creates an interplay between organic and seemingly unnatural forms and their coexistences. The imagery, full of references, is not singular but instead envelops external viewpoints. The interaction is continued from the images seen through the lens of the camera to the subjects, intensifying the collective imagination.
Visceral Bodies reawakens interconnections between the original and the reproduced by introducing powerful documentation of modes of temporality that remind of the endless ways a fashioned body is being or moulded into becoming ’a certain kind’. Moments of expression, reflection and projection are not only shared but in symbiosis with the gazes that contribute to transformations of the human figure through its cycle of life.
Artificial Intelligence by Claudia Rafael
Sound Design by Luke Clayton Thompson
Projection Mapping by Typeone.org
Virtual World Building by Typeone.org
Featuring Fredrik Tjaerandsen, Bradley Sharpe, Leevi Ikäheimo, Christine Ha, Ru- Yenn Kwok, Lamp Lee, Pierre-Louis Auvray, Francois-Xavier Lefebvre, and Megumi Matsuno.
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Read the DAZED feature Fashion as flesh: Mika Kailes is exploring the body’s most squeamish limits here.
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ABOUT MIKA KAILES:
Mika Kailes is a Finnish born, London based fashion photographer and image-maker. Kailes graduated from Fashion Communication and Promotion BA (FCP) at Central Saint Martins in 2021. Kailes' photography and video work has been featured on Showstudio, DAZED, i-D, 10 Magazine, LOVE and Metal Magazine.
ABOUT TYPEONE:
Typeone is a London based interactive technology company, building immersive experiences in real life and virtual worlds.
Typeone Realities creates virtual spaces.
ABOUT ARTSECT GALLERY:
ArtSect Gallery is a phygital NFT dedicated exhibition space with the mission to promote and facilitate creative processes using web3 technologies. It was founded with a decentralised and collaborative approach to foster culture and dialogue between communities. The curatorial ethos involves community building, gallery takeovers, creative collectives and solo artists. ArtSect takes the shape of its projects and collaborations, becoming a catalyst for physical and virtual innovation.Fea
Mika Kailes is a Finnish born, London based fashion photographer and image-maker. Kailes graduated from Fashion Communication and Promotion BA (FCP) at Central Saint Martins in 2021. Kailes' photography and video work has been featured on Showstudio, DAZED, i-D, 10 Magazine, LOVE and Metal Magazine.
ABOUT TYPEONE:
Typeone is a London based interactive technology company, building immersive experiences in real life and virtual worlds.
Typeone Realities creates virtual spaces.
ABOUT ARTSECT GALLERY:
ArtSect Gallery is a phygital NFT dedicated exhibition space with the mission to promote and facilitate creative processes using web3 technologies. It was founded with a decentralised and collaborative approach to foster culture and dialogue between communities. The curatorial ethos involves community building, gallery takeovers, creative collectives and solo artists. ArtSect takes the shape of its projects and collaborations, becoming a catalyst for physical and virtual innovation.Fea