G.G. Kim

Examines memory as an iterative process that distorts through repetition, drawing from Henri Bergson’s argument that with each recall, memory is reshaped by present emotion and circumstance, destabilizing its relation to origin. In response, the body adopts strategies of concealment, using garments as mechanisms of shielding that regulate visibility.

My thesis treats garments as physical material iterations of memory, using the head as a central site through which concealment and perception are negotiated. Formal elements are extracted and progressively abstracted across each look, shifting from recognizable reference toward ambiguity. As distortion accumulates, concealment intensifies, producing silhouettes that obscure the head and body not as disguise, but as adaptive structures. This progression is reinforced through shifts in weight and distribution, where density and lightness articulate the tension between accumulation and release within the act of remembering.

appreciates normalcy