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E x h i b i t i o n
RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion Benaki Museum
Pireos Street Annexe
01.03.07 - 29.04.07
Athens
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The RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion exhibition is an attempt to exhibit research into and enjoyment of creation. With the ATOPOS Collection of American throwaway paper dresses of the sixties as its starting point, the exhibition introduces its visitors to something that has hardly been researched and is almost unknown to the broader public. The exhibition is registered in a historical context which examines new open ways to approach questions regarding the invention of raw material and textile, and consequently garment manufacture know-how, such as for non-woven materials. The focus is in fact on a particularly innovative non-woven material, paper, as well as paper-like materials.
Paper, which was invented in China in approximately 100 A.D., has been used to manufacture garments and accessories in various cultures in the past and also in modern creation. The exhibition examines the use of paper in contemporary fashion practices through design, art, advertising, sound, video, catwalk shows and the actual creations of some of the most innovative designers of our times. At the same time it places particular emphasis on the ephemeral, fragile, humble and poetic nature of paper garments, juxtaposing modern creation with paper garments from different cultures and civilisations.
The exhibition does not conform to specific models, but seeks alternative ways of presentation. It is defined as an exhibition that wants to keep changing venues, objects, staging and visual angles. In this way ATOPOS has the opportunity of continuing the research it began two years ago, constantly enriching its collection and at the same time developing new projects in collaboration with other museums, artists and organisations.

For the first presentation of the exhibition in Athens, ATOPOS worked with the Benaki Museum and designed three different spaces at the Museum’s new building on Piraeus Street, creating three alternative proposals for the theme, accordingly. The “Colour Explosion” and “Workshop” were created in collaboration with the Normal Studio of Paris, and the “World of Paper” was created with the collaboration of the Athens Architectural Office Metamorfossis.
The “Colour Explosion” displays part of the ATOPOS Collection of throwaway dresses from the sixties in special installations with the exhibits hung on the glass face of the building. The sounds of Yannis Kyriakides’ composition of sounds Paperdelic – commissioned to the musi-cian by ATOPOS – reverberate throughout the installation.
The “Workshop”, a hall of 600 square metres in area, has been converted into a location of research, work, conservation and presentation. In this space, work benches become exhibition surfaces, storage and archiving furniture with their specifications, acid-free paper drawers become small showcases, at the same time providing the ability to keep alternating exhibits from the ATOPOS Collection beside other objects – on loan from other museums and private collections from all over the world, which are exhibited in fixed positions. Andy Warhol’s Fragile Dress (1966), from New York’s Brooklyn Museum, Issey Miyake’s Starburst, on loan from the Miyake Issey Foundation, Anna Piaggi’s creation Fashion Algebra, from her own personal collection, creations by John Galliano, A.F. Vandevorst, Bernhard Willhelm, Hussein Chalayan, Kosuke Tsumura, Walter van Beirendonck, Dirk van Saene, Martin Margiela and others beside paper garments from Japan or China, paper creations from Nepal, raw materials for paper manufacture, hygienic and industrial use garments beside videos of artists and catwalk shows. The new original creations assigned by ATOPOS to fashion designers and artists, inspired by the use of dresses from the sixties and giving a new dimension to these garments, constitute a special section. These new creations are signed by, among others, Robert Wilson (with the Lisa dress), Bas Kosters, Yorgos Eleftheriades, Sophia Kokosalaki, Rick Owens, Ileana Giannakoura, Irini Miga, Michael Cepress, Angelo Plessas and others.
The ATOPOS team welcomes the public in a model workshop where the manner of work, meetings with specialists, the actual conservation of objects, the documentation of new additions to the collection, co-exist with the exhibits. The whole orchestration of the different details composing the preparation of an exhibition ultimately becomes an “exhibition in process”.
Finally, the “World of Paper” has been designed as a place for enjoyment and games for young and old alike. This is an interactive work made of paper which can be continuously recreated by the visitors.
CURATOR Vassilis Zidianakis, ARTISTIC ADVISOR Stamos Fafalios, ATOPOS COLLECTION RESEARCH – DOCUMENTATION COORDINATOR Myrsini Pichou, ORGANISATIONDimitris Koulouris (ATOPOS), Xenia Politou (Benaki Museum), EXHIBITION DESIGN NORMAL STUDIO / Jean François Dingjian and Eloi Chafai, SOUNDS COMPOSITION Yannis Kyriakides, CONSTRUCTIONS SUPERVISOR Grigoris Kotsiyannis / METAMORFOSSIS, Collaborator: Maria Pappa, AUDIOVISUAL CONSULTANT Paris Mexis, ATOPOS COLLECTION CONSERVATION Kyriaki Lentzi (ATOPOS), Sotiris Bekiaris, Argyro Chiliadaki, Myrto Delivorria, Flora Stephanou (Benaki Museum Conservation Department), FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Vassilis Christodoulou, Aristoula Karra.
Robert Wilson, painting the 'paint your own paper dress' New York 2007 Robert Wilson, painting the 'paint your own paper dress' New York 2007
SOURCES OF EXHIBITS
ARCHIVES – MUSEUMS – ORGANISATIONS - OTHER
Archives Christian Dior, Paris / ATOPOS Cultural Organization, Athens / The Breeder Gallery, Athens / Brooklyn Museum, New York / Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp / Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Rheinisches Industriemuseum / The Miyake Issey Foundation, Tokyo / Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg / Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplio / Secretariat General for Olympic Games Heritage Promotion Archives – Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens / Μarie-Claire Bataille-Benguigui / Αnna Piaggi / Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada.
FASHION DESIGNERS STUDIOS & ARTISTS WORKSHOPS
Bless, Isabelle de Borchgrave Creations, Comme des Garçons, Ann Demeulemeester, Angelos Frentzos, John Galliano S.A., Yoshiki Hishinuma, Helmut Lang, Christina Leitner, Jürgen Lehl, Annette Meyer, Κostas Murkudis, Jum Nakao, Jackie Nickerson, Nagi Noda, Nuno Corporation, Matthew Sporzynski, Pascal Roulin, Marcus Tomlinson, Philip Treacy Couture, UEG, Walter van Beirendonck, A.F. Vandevorst, Dirk van Saene, Junya Watanabe, Cheryl Yun.
ARTISTS WHO CREATED ORIGINAL WORKS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion EXHIBITION
Vassilis Barbarigos, Angelos Brattis, Michael Cepress, Deux Hommes, Ioannis Dimitroussis, Yorgos Eleftheriades, Vasso Gavaisse, Ileana Gianna-koura, Paul Graves, Demna Gvasalia, Dionisis Kavallieratos, Zoe Keramea, Sophia Kokosalaki, Bas Kosters, Amandine Labidoire, Irini Miga, MI-RO, Rick Owens, Esmeralda Panagiotarou, Angelo Plessas, Carlos Soto, Aurore Thibout, Johanna Trudzinski, Maria Tsaggaraki, Jannis Varelas, Robert Wilson.
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