| Arabiia is a caricature of media stereotypes typically associated with arab women. Aside from exotic Daisy Duck with her dance of the seven veils, and the mute abiding second class citizen in a black burka, not many images spring to mind when thinking of an Arab woman. The convertible outfit is equipped with two servo motors and a switch. It enables its wearer to voluntarily choose which of two extreme representations fits her mood and audience.
9.1.05 Arabiia was developed as part of OpenStitch, an artist sweatshop show at location1 gallery in Soho, NY. The show included 15 artists and fashion designers working intensely and in restricted conditions to produce wearable creations with only the tools and materials provided to them. ARABIIA IN OPENSTITCH
2.1.06 Arabiia was shown in the Seamless Computational Couture fashion show at the Boston Museum of Science. The show was the finale of the when science meets art series by BrainyActs. ARABIIA IN SEAMLESS
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