Contextual Reference. Lucy Orta.

Lucy Orta's Refuge Wear series questions human spacial awareness and interaction through high-tech expedition materials. Using PVC, Polar fleece and aluminium polyamides, to name but a few, Orta creates wearable personal refuge spaces which question social interactions and space. This piece from 1993 titled 'Habitant' was developed with the homeless in mind, asking how as a textile artist/designr can she affect the situation of homelessness; could fabrics be the way forward to reintegrate the homeless back into society instead of traditional means of architecture and housing. I love Orta's work as it merges art, design and social awareness. Her creations have the ability to isolate or include.