Author: Catta

The exhibit no one got to see:

In 2020 these works were exhibited in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Due to covid & lockdowns no one got to visit the group exhibition.

It did mark the beginning of upcycled pieces in Studio Catta’s collection.

Music is made by David Labeij also during covid.

A Future with the Fragments of Yesterday 2020

Clothing might be the symbol of our drive for fleeting satisfaction in our desire for something new. The clothing industry is extremely impersonal. The maker and the hours he or she has put into making an item are completely invisible when the consumer buys a piece of clothing. Additionally, the price is so low that consumers have started to see clothing as a disposable product.

The disposable nature of clothing results in an enormous pile of discarded items. And this pile grows with every second.

More and more is being produced, but there are fewer and fewer raw materials. The damage to the environment and people is becoming increasingly visible. And consumers are slowly becoming aware of this.

During the lockdown, many consumers experienced a pause in the constant desire for something new. Pajama pants and a pilled sweater work just fine on Zoom. Spending a lot of time at home was a reason for cleaning out closets. But also for ordering and returning clothing online. And the pile grows.

This pile deserves a different future than the bonfire or landfill.

For this work, I collected discarded clothing. One round of asking immediately yielded bags full of clothes.

With these fragments of the past, I created new items, suitable for both myself and my daughter. In the images, the past, present, and future come together. A future with the fragments of yesterday.