MIRROR PLEATS ... I.... ELUDING THE WAY ONE IS PERCEIVED : RAF SIMONS

BACKGROUND JEPPE HEIN, SPIRAL LABYRINTH, 2006. 200 x 512 x 428 CM, HIGH POLISHED MIRROR PLATE, ALUDIBOND,METAL FRAME. COURTESY JOHANN KÖNIG, BERLIN. FOREGROUND RAF SIMONS

IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE FAN AND IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE ARTIST. INSIDE THE LABYRINTH IS THE FAN TURNING IN CIRCLES AND HEADING OUT OF THE LABYRINTH IS THE FAN'S FAVOURITE ARTIST. THE FAN IS DISAPPOINTED BY THE FACT THAT THE ARTIST HE HAD IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH, THE ARTIST HE HAD COMMENDED ALL HIS PERSONAL TASTES TO REFUSED TO STAY PUT. HE MOVED ONWARDS. CHANGED DIRECTION. HE ELUDED THE WAY HE HAD BEEN PERCEIVED - BY HIMSELF AND BY THE FAN. HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE FAN TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT HIM BUT THE ARTIST SUCCESSFULLY SIDESTEPPED. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ.

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HANDS AND HANDLES...I... THE DOOR IS OPEN, COME IN. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW THE TWO-DIRECTION ARROW.

LEFT RAF SIMONS SPRING/SUMMER 2007 SHORTS POCKET DETAIL....RIGHT PHILIP WATTS DESIGN LEVER HANDLE.... BOTTOM PHILIP WATTS DESIGN PORTHOLE VISION PANEL..... BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ

"I COULDN'T STAND THE IDEA OF HAVING TO DISCUSS DOOR HANDLES IN A DESIGN STUDIO ALL DAY AND I WAS MUCH MORE ATTRACTED TO WHAT WALTER (VAN BEIRENDONCK) WAS DOING." RAF SIMONS, ARENA HOMME + , WINTER SPRING 09/10.

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THE BELL THAT KEEPS ON RINGING

LEFT COLLAGE BEGÜM SEKENDiZ BORÉ, AUGUST 2010. RAF SIMONS SPRING/SUMMER 2011, DAVIS RHODES (UNTITLED, SPRAY PAINT ON VINYL, 2009) AT OFFICE BAROQUE GALLERY, ANTWERPEN. RIGHT MARTIN MARGIELA AUTUMN/WINTER 2011-12. "

THE MMM DRESSES SEEMED TO BE PEELING OFF THEIR MODELS LIKE OLD WALLPAPER " . SURE. SURE. WELL, IT'S A COLLAGE FALLING INTO PIECES HOWBEIT REMAINING INTACT.

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THE EYE OF PROVIDENCE THAT WEARS A MASK...I..MARTIN AND JIL

LEFT MARTIN MARGIELA ARTISANAL SPRING SUMMER 2008 . THE PLASTRON OF A VINTAGE SHIRT EMBROIDERED WITH BUTTONS COMPOSING AN EYE. RIGHT JIL SANDER SPRING/SUMMER 2010 SHIRT FEATURING THE PAINTINGS OF FOUJITA . BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ. L

MARTIN MARGIELA THE HUMERUS

AT SURGEON MARGIELA'S CLINIQUE, THE PATIENT WHO HAD HIS BONE STRUCTURE CHANGED HAS FALLEN ASLEEP AFTER THE OPERATION. UNDER THE DUVETS, HE DREAMS OF HIS NEW ERECT CLAVICLES THAT WILL DEFY GRAVITY, BUT FORGETS THE FACT THAT PRESSING HIS FACE AGAINST PILLOWS WILL ONLY CAUSE WRINKLES. THE NEXT DAY AS HE'S BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE CLINIQUE, SURGEON MARGIELA GIVES HIM A ZIMMER FRAME THAT WILL HELP HIM FEEL MORE AT EASE DURING HIS CONVALESCENCE PERIOD. THE ZIMMER FRAME FRAMES NOT ONLY THE PATIENT'S NEW HUMERUS BUT ALSO THE MIND OF HIS HUMOROUS SURGEON. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

TOP RIGHT PATIENT'S ZIMMER FRAME, MARTIN MARGIELA ARTISANAL A/W 09-10.... BOTTOM LEFT MARTIN MARGIELA A/W 99-00 VIDEO IMAGE.... BOTTOM RIGHT MICHAEL ELMGREEN AND INGAR DRAGSET, BOY SCOUT, 2008. METAL BUNK BED, FOAM RUBBER, SHEETING, PILLOWS, WOOL RUGS. BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ

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MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA WHITE OBJECTS...I...LINE 69...THE SEX OBJECT

GEORGE SEGAL, WOMAN SITTING ON BED, 1996. COPPER, BRONZE, WOOD, PLEXI, ELECTRIC LIGHT

FOR SOMEONE SO DETERMINED TO LEAVE HER MARK ON THE WORLD, LÉONOR IS SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME REMOVING HER FINGER MARKS OFF DOORS. LÉONOR IS AN ARTIST AND WHAT WITH HER EXCESSIVE CLEANLINESS, THE LIVING ROOM IS BRIMMING WITH CANVASES AS PURE AS ROBERT RYMAN'S MINIMALIST 'WHITE PAINTINGS'. I AM CONSTANTLY TELLING HER TO GET A CLEANING LADY SO THAT SHE CAN ACTUALLY START WORKING ON HER PAINTINGS INSTEAD, BUT SHE SAYS NO, SHE WANTS EVERYBODY TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS NOT WEARING ANY MAKE-UP. SHE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE IS WEARING ANY, THE DOORS SULLIED BY HER FINGERS WEAR IT FOR HER. LÉONOR IS THE EMPTIEST WHITE PAINTING I HAVE EVER POSSESSED.

"PEOPLE OF REFINEMENT HAVE A DISINCLINATION TO COLOURS. THIS MAYBE PARTLY A WEAKNESS OF SIGHT, PARTLY AN UNCERTAINTY OF TASTE, WHICH READILY TAKES REFUGE IN ABSOLUTE NEGATION. WOMEN NOW APPEAR ALMOST UNIVERSALLY IN WHITE AND MEN IN BLACK. AN OBSERVATION, VERY GENERALLY APPLICABLE, MAY NOT BE OUT OF PLACE HERE, NAMELY THAT MAN, DESIRIOUS AS HE IS OF BEING DISTINGUISHED, IS QUITE AS WILLING TO BE LOST AMONG HIS FELLOWS." JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE, THEORY OF COLOURS, 1810.

I UNIFORMLY WEAR BLACK, DISAPPEAR INTO THE SCENERY AND DREAM OF SUMMER DAYS WHEN I WILL BE VISIBLE AGAIN TILL 10 PM WHAT WITH THE ADVENT OF THE TARDY SUNSETS. IT'S WINTER, I AM INSOMNIAC AND BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF THE APPARTMENT, IT'S 5 PM AND ALREADY PITCH BLACK OUTSIDE. I WISH I WAS HOLDING A MAGIC WAND INSTEAD OF THIS CROOK RIGHT NOW SO THAT MY UMBRELLA WOULD TURN ITSELF INTO A LAMPSHADE SO THE SALES STAFF AT PRADA WOULD RECOGNISE MY (PRADA) COAT THROUGH THE STORE WINDOW AND GIVE ME A KNOWING SMILE. AS A SIGN OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE, IF YOU LIKE. I SWEAR IT HAPPENS DURING DAYLIGHT.

BEGÜM SEKENDIZ BORÉ, EXTRACT FROM MY STORY FROM I.T POST SPRING SUMMER 2011 ISSUE 9 - OUT MARCH 2011

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ERSATZ....I....BEFORE ' PAYING HOMAGE ' TO RAF SIMONS, DESIGNERS ARE INVITED TO AT LEAST PAY LIP SERVICE TO THE ARTIST : ' STAND IN THE CORNER AND BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES '

LEFT MARTIN KIPPENBERGER , 'MARTIN, STAND IN THE CORNER AND BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF', 1990. CAST ALUMINIUM, CLOTHING AND IRON PLATE, 181.6 x 74.9 x 34.3 CM.... RIGHT STERLING RUBY X RAF SIMONS JEANS, SPRING SUMMER 2010

WHO ART THOU TO MAKE ' WEARABLE ART ' ? AN ARTIST? AN ARTIST IS HIM WHO TURNS A PAIR OF JEANS INTO ART WITHOUT CLAIMING TO BE A DESIGNER.

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