Broken: Mending and Repair in a Throwaway World poketo Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn

with a focus on the ontological status and normative power of images in fashion and advertising

Divided into 10 sections

imagery and objects in Saar’s oeuvre

Close out your evening with prompts for celebrating the best and accepting the worst parts of your day

Broken: Mending and Repair in a Throwaway World poketo Louis KahnWe live in a single use society, where fashion is fast, disposability is the norm and it is easier to replace than to repair. We don't need to mend things anymore and yet we do. What is it about Homo faber man the maker that cannot resist fixing what is broken? As we start to decouple from the linear take make waste model that has dominated Western economies since the Industrial Revolution and seek something more circular, an enquiry into what mending