Corporeal Flux Dress

Exhibition: Diaspora and Belonging, University of the Arts London,  AoCA Diaspora and Belonging Exhibition, London, UK, March 2023.

 

The Corporeal Flux dress by Zoran Dobric is informed by his refugee experience in the ‘90s during the war in the former Yugoslavia. The traumatic memories of war and displacement are expressed through hand-painted abstracted morphing bodies and gold elements that reflect the Byzantine icons and Baroque gilt of Zoran’s youth: an intimate ethnography offering space for mourning and healing through wearable art.

 

The photography, realised in collaboration with Stephen Severn, presents a ghostly shifting image of haunting memories and elusive self-realisation. The artists’ collaboration over many years has provided a sense of belonging, building positive narratives from traumatic experiences.