Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest visual
art festival. Ilsas studio was invited to respond to the theme of
touched by considering how we as humans interpret what it means to
be “touched” by something. Touched in mind, touched in soul,
touched in body.
Aside from needing sellable merchandise to
compliment the event, The Biennial wanted something unique that
would tie in with the event branding of red and black wolves and
also with their overall brand identity at the time. The idea was to
create a bag that could be worn as “uniform” by the Biennials army
of helpers and volunteers around the festival. The touched concept
was interpreted through matter. Using Velcro as a material for the
bag structure that sticks to your body (clothing) and therefore
sticks in the mind touching you psychologically. The “strip and
grip” construction allows for complete versatility for the end user
in how they choose to use it, what they allow it to contain and how
they wear it, the matter itself therefore has been touched by the
human, modified, enhanced and made unique.
CLIENT QUOTE
Ilsa is bursting with great ideas
and has a methodical approach that ensures she responds to the
brief and the changing views of others key to the
process.