Built To Wear

By: Ball-Nogues Studio
Where: Shenzen Hong Kong Biennale 2009
This instillation is made of 10,000 American Apparel pieces. American Apparel is the largest garment factory operator in the US. Throughout the course of Biennale the instillation is going to be dismantled and given piece by piece to visitors. It is meant to evoke thought about oversea manufacturing of American brands. I am glad that they want to bring this issue into light. Although, I am wondering who exactly is really sewing together the clothes even in America, and are they working in sweat shops, or in good conditions. They can boast that they don't ship their work overseas, but that might be because they are working so cheaply here by using poor facilities. Also, it is to remind us of sustainability and how buildings are impermanent.