Moscow’s Garage wants your clothes for a new installation

Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is inviting the public to participate in the creation of a new installation by Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen.

Until 14 August you can donate any clothes you feel are out of fashion or no longer for you — they’re looking for items in red, orange, yellow and white. Anyone who takes part is entitled to discounts and special ticket offers for the museum.

“The Slow Action installation is a 12-metre-long architectural construction, taking the form of medicinal pills, within which the audience can move around freely. The shell of the pills will be sewn from clothes donated by museum visitors — this will require at least 100 kg [of donated clothes],” Garage’s press-service said in a statement. The installation will be open to view from 30 September.

Yin Xiuzhen is a Chinese sculpture and installation artist, known for using second-hand objects to create works that explore themes such as the impact of globalisation and rapid urban development. According to her plans, Slow Action should serve as a kind of antidote, a personal experience within a rapidly developing society.

Source: Afisha (in Russian)