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Cybernetic Collection

Body
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Body of black neoprene leotard with silver metal and moulded plastic elements.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCybernetic Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Neoprene, plastic and metal
Brief description
Body, neoprene, plastic and metal, part of Cyberpunk outfit, designed by Ryo Inove, Japan, 1991.
Physical description
Body of black neoprene leotard with silver metal and moulded plastic elements.
Object history
This ensemble was designed by the Japanese designer Ryo Inoue and donated to the Street Style Exhibition to represent the Cyberpunk look for 1991.

The designer said: "The title of this collection was Cybernetic Collection (a fusion of the human body, technology and media). The message I wanted to deliver was that of the human body as a part of media/information and also to question the environment which surrounds us by laying technology close to the body. The final outcome was a collection, eclectic in concept, in which I was to interpret the movement of human joints and muscles with metal."

Purchased. Registered File number 1994/173.
Bibliographic reference
De La Haye, Amy and Cathie Dingwall, eds. Surfers Soulies Skinheads & Skaters: Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties. London: Victoria and Albert Publications, 1996.
Collection
Accession number
T.111-1994

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Record createdNovember 29, 2010
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