Hedi Slimane Interview

Hedi Slimane Interview

1. What are your signature designs? I was always interested by this archaic dichotomy between daywear and eveningwear. It translates into a codified and ritualistic wardrobe

2. What`s your favorite piece from any of your collections? Not any particular clothes. I usually remember a character and a moment

3. How would you describe your work? Arhythmic
4. What`s your ultimate goal? Enjoy

5. What inspires you? Watching people interacting. Interfering as little as possible

6. Can fashion still have a political ambition? I don`t think it ever had. It has always been more of a social catalyser. Isn`t political a litle presumptuous for fashion? You can be subversive but political is a little bit of a joke, maybe

7. Who do you have in mind when you design? No one. I think about movement. Just live when they test resistance on new aircraft

8. Is the idea of creative collaboration important to you? Not really. I like to work mostly in isolation. I collaborate on satellite projects

9. What has been the greatest influence on your carrer? Doing my degree at Saint Laurent, when Saint Laurent was still Saint Laurent

10. How have your own experiences affected your work as a designer ? IT is still a little early to know. I think for many years you just do things, you produce; eventually it makes sense with the distance. I think we tend to be too impatient and fast with appreciation and judgement
11. Which is more important in your work : the process or the product? The process I suppose, but it only makes sense if it translates into aproduct. In the early '20s, modernity was built on repetition, and access. Already the process before, or for the product

12. Is designing difficult for you and, if so, what drives you to continue? Don`t need any driver. I feel very fortunate to design. There are more painful things, I think

13. have you ever been influenced or moved by the reaction to your designs? You just pursue an idea, and if it is clear enough and you are focused, you tend to forget any reaction.
14. What`s your definition of beauty? I don`t have one. It has to evolve anyway
15. What`s your philosophy? Move on, don`t look back

16. What is the most important lesson you`ve learned? It is now that simple, things are never the way they appear

PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMER HEDI SLIMANE GALERIE GMURZYNSKA ZURICH. SEPTEMBER 22 2006

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LIVE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF HEDI SLIMANE’S FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS.
SINCE 2002, « STAGE « (THE STAGE PROJECT, STEIDL, PUBLISHED IN 2004) WAS EXPLORING THE SEMIOTIC, CONVENTIONS OF ROCK PERFORMANCE, THE RITUAL AND THE SACRIFICE , THE GENESIS OF ICONS. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS, A SERIAL DESCRIPTION OF CULT OBJECTS, AND THEIR METAMORPHOSIS INTO PERFORMANCE, EMBODY THE RENAISSANCE AND CODIFICATION OF AN ROCK CULTURE, AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW PERFORMING GENERATION.
HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHED THE ROOTS OF THE LONDON SCENE, THROUGH HIS LATEST BOOK « LONDON BIRTH OF A CULT », EXPLORING THE EMERGING CHAOTIC BRITISH INDIE MOVEMENT, AND ITS CENTRAL CHARACTER, « ANTI-HERO » PETE DOHERTY. THE PROJECT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF BABYSHAMBLES, AND DESCRIBES THE BIRTH OF AN UNKNOWN MUSICIAN RISING INTO AN ABRUPT AND MISHAPED CELEBRITY.
THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS WERE THE FIRST TO BE PUBLISHED ABOUT A SUB MOVEMENT THAT EXPLODED INTO THE MASS CULTUREHEDI SLIMANE, EXPLORES THE MECHANISM OF FANATICISM AND FETISHISM, THE REPRESENTATION OF AN ICON, THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFICATION. THROUGH THE SIMULATION OF A FAN’S WORSHIP TOWARDS AN IDOL.
PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK AND WHITE PRINT ON ALUMINIUMCOURTNEY LOVE, NYC JULY 2006. THESE NEW PURITANS (PORTRAIT OF THE DRUMMER), LONDON SEPTEMBER 2006 BANKS VIOLETTE IN HIS STUDIO, RECONSTITUTION OF A PERFORMANCE, BROOKLYN JULY 2006-09-11FILM CAMERA, THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, JUNE 2006STAGE, SOUND SYSTEM, THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, JUNE 2006
FRAGMENTATION BLACK AND WHITE PRINT ON ALUMINIUMPETE DOHERTY, BABYSHAMBLES CONCERT, LONDON 2004 ( FROM LONDON BIRTH OF A CULT ).
PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMERVIDEO MACHINE AND SOUNDTRACK.LITTL’ANS PERFORMANCERONNIE JOICE, TAMBOURINE FOR THE LONDON BAND LITTL’ANS. FILMED AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND, STEPPING ON A WHITE STAGE, REPRODUCING AN ENTIRE TIMED GIG, RITUALLY PERFORMING AND TRANSPOSING HIS ACT, THE VIDEO, IN A VERY SMALL FORMAT, IS PROTECTED UNDER A BLACK METAL HOOD.A BLACK FULL LENGTH MIRROR INVITES THE VIEWER TO PERFORM, COMPLETING THE PIECE.
SELF-PERFORMING MIRROR / PORTRAIT OF A PERFORMERBLACK MIRROR, ENGRAVED, ON BLACK STAINLESS STEELTHE VIEWER IS INVITED TO PERFORM. THE DOUBLE REFLECTION, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MIRROR DEFINES THE FIELD OF THE ACT AND THE STATE OF TRANSFORMATION.
TRACK PAINTINGS CANVAS, INDUSTRIAL PAINTING.AFTER HEDI SLIMANE’S FIRST VINYL, AGED 6 « DAVID BOWIE. LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA » EACH PAINTING REPRODUCES THE NUMERIC TRACK LIST OF BOWIE’S DOUBLE ALBUM, REDUCING AN ENTIRE PERSONAL MYTHOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY, INTO A PRECISE MECHANICAL COUNTDOWN.
MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT JULY 2005VOICE MEMO AND TRACK VIDEO MACHINEINSTALLATION, AFTER PETE DOHERTY RECORDING SESSION
PORTRAIT OF A DEFEATED BAND INSTALLATION. THE LIBERTINES (CARL BARAT / PETE DOHERTY)STAGE MICROPHONES, GREY GLASS CABINET, WIRE. HEDI SLIMANE’ S ARTIFICIAL REFORMATION OF MYTHICAL BAND, THE LIBERTINES, THAT SEPARATED OVER PETE DOHERTY’S ADDICTION TO DRUGS. THE LIBERTINES ARE CONSIDERED BY A WHOLE GENERATION TO BE AT THE ORIGIN OF THIS ENTIRE BRITISH ROCK RENAISSANCE SCENE.THE REFORMATION OF THIS BAND WOULD BE NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE, AND HAS BEEN SPECULATED IN THOUSANDS OF BLOGS AND PRESS ARTICLES.THE NAME OF THE PIECE REFERS TO A JIMMY HENDRIX QUOTE ABOUT BANDS THAT ARE INEVITABLY BORN TO DIE. THE LIBERTINES SACRIFICE LEFT A VACUUM TO INSPIRE A WHOLE GENERATION OF BANDS TO RISE .
TRACK PLATESBLACK LACQUERED STAINLESS STEEL PLATE, ENGRAVED.A SINGLE SONG CAN DEFINE A GENERATION . A PERSPECTIVE ON COLLECTIVE MEMORY THROUGH ICONIC ANTHEMS.PANIC ATTACK / THE PADDINGTONSTIME FOR HEROES / THE LIBERTINES

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