Media Contact:   Elizabeth Burke-Dain, 312.344.8695

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August 2, 2006

SARTORIAL FLUX  

The Artist As Techno Fashion Designer

Columbia College Chicago's A+D Gallery

September 7 - October 21, 2006

WHAT:   From the imaginative to the functional the exhibition Sartorial Flux reflects on the changing nature of clothing and fashion in light of modern society's increasingly transient and techno-savvy lifestyles.   The future of fashion will allow us to look great while monitoring our heart rate or our stock portfolios all at the same time.   Sartorial Flux features the work of eight designers working in the field of interactive fashion technologies.   The featured designs incorporate progressive aesthetics, function and low and high tech responses to fashion and the social environment.

ARTISTS:

Joanna Berzowska         Leonardo Bonanni and Cati Vaucelle

Heidi Kumao                Valérie Lamontagne     

Alyce Santoro               Hoyun Son

Despina Papadopoulos

WHEN:            September 7 – October 21, 2006

Reception and artwalk, Columbia Collective: Art + Music September 7, 5-8pm

WHERE:          Columbia College Chicago's A+D Gallery, 619 S. Wabash Avenue

HOW

MUCH:            Free and Open to the Public.

MORE            

INFO:              A+D Gallery 312.344.8687 or www.colum.edu/adgallery

RELATED PROGRAMMING:

ArtTalks Lecture:

September 7 th 6:30 pm, Ferguson Theater , 600 S. Michigan

Multiple Voices:   Wearable Media and the Site of the Body , moderated by Patrick Lichty, Faculty, Interactive Arts and Media.

Panelists Include: Joan Giroux, Faculty, Art and Design Department, Columbia College Chicago; Virginia Heaven, Curator, Fashion Columbia Study Collection; Heidi Kumao, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Art and Design; Despina Papadopoulos, Founder of Studio5050; and Sabrina Raaf, Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago.

October 12 th , 6-8 pm Talk the Walk Curatorial Tour of Columbia College's gallery spaces in conjunction with Chicago Artist's Month.   Performance by Hoyun Son and A+D Luxe, a Fashion Event by Columbia College Chicago designers.