Bio Statement:
Working with textiles and garment construction techniques, Asha Syms’ approach to fashion is rooted in storytelling through design and finish. While completing her Master of Arts (Arts Management), her practice has increasingly focused on sustainability and education around the impacts of overconsumption in the fashion industry. Merging fashion, art and spatial design, Asha creates narrative-driven experiences that invite audiences to reconsider the value and lifecycle of what we wear.
Abstract:
This research investigates the disconnect between audience engagement and the ethical realities of global fashion production, specifically within the arts and education sectors with a focus of addressing long term sustainability. The issue lies in how fashion-related exhibitions and design programs often aestheticize clothing without addressing its human and environmental costs. Creating a visually and emotionally compelling educational tool that bridges critical conversations around labour, waste, and sustainability with accessible, curriculum-linked learning.
The result is the production of a 28 page magazine for education purposes with a multimodal approach, research-led exhibition and educational resource that uses storytelling and visual design in the format of a magazine.
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