Akrasia is the ancient Greek precursor to the modern term procrastination – it means “the state of acting against one’s better judgment”. Aristotle believed these actions did not qualify as vice nor virtue.
I believe that this state exists somewhere between nightmare and daydream. In contemporary society, social media is the most bombastic culprit of time-killing, and it enables as much as it restricts us. The cumulative effect of avoidance is that it feels purposeful in the moment, but in the end causes chaos.
I wanted this collection to reflect the feeling of chaos that erupts from avoidance behavior. I achieved this aesthetic by using glitch art prints popular on social media and by hand draping fabric in a way that reflected the depressive feelings that are the aftermath of avoidance behavior: the body is drawn down, restricted, and impeded upon by textiles coded in surface level technological references. The colors are bright but distorted, the fabric is soft but antagonistic.
