No one shouldn't hide
who they truly are // 2025
This video begins with a seemingly simple question:
How would you dress if you knew today was the day you die?
This question serves as a critical trigger to explore the political dimension of dress, understanding clothing as an extension of social control mechanisms.
Inspired by Michel Foucault, the project highlights how dress codes internalize norms that discipline the body, even in moments as intimate as death.
The piece contrasts two gestures: the choice of soft, delicate lingerie versus the rigidity of a formal jacket. It’s not about disguise or provocation, but about revealing how desire collides with social norms. The camera focuses on minimal gestures: a hesitant hand, an overly tight tie, the texture of lace on skin. These small acts, far from anecdotal, become micro-resistances against imposed expectations.
The materials —lace, wool, heavy fabric— operate as metaphors. The soft becomes resistance; the rigid, imposition. Dressing, in this context, is not about covering but about positioning oneself. And at the threshold marked by death, every chosen garment becomes a way of saying who one is — or who one has decided to stop being.
LINK:
https://youtu.be/_LeaBNrUJn4?si=45ZdfORbXNiIAaab