The illusion of pollution,
is a wearable art work inspired by Earth from above, a United Nations-supported ecological project conceived and led by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The project includes a photo collection of aerial photography, in which the photographer captured views of Earth from various aircraft during a ten-year period. With each picture, and accompanying text, he encourages the reader to be
responsible in their treatment of the earth.
When I first saw the pictures I was impressed how beautiful earth is. But after contemplating the Kilimanjaro picture I realised that what I was considering a beautiful photography taken from the air was not supposed to be. The image of this high mountain without snow is not natural. I started to take a closer look to the other photographys and came to the
conclusion that humans are becoming ignorant towards pollution and their negative impact towards earth. It
already reached the point that we consider some landscape destroyed by humans as beautiful and would even consider having it in our living room as a poster on the wall.
Humans are just 0.01% of all life on earth but with their huge ecological footprint they destroy a big amount of the rest of all life on earth. Are you aware that your lifestyle not only affects the environment in your home country, but also has an affect far beyond our borders?
How many planets do you cost?
The design is made out of two separated pieces. One dress that raises awareness of the rought hurted earth by the humans and a cape that symbolizes the ignorance about humans destroying earth and the
beauty they see in it.
The most striking material I am using on the dress is wood. The wood pieces are laser cut and had no treatment as a symbol for a dry nature also emphasized by the edgy forms giving painful and aggressive look.
Around the dress I placed LEDs and wires. It was important for me to show all electronic complements as they represent the human actions towards nature. The wires create a shape of veins and have a bleeding effect. The LED‘s are activated through a sensor showing green lights when the human is conscious with his actions towards earth and red when he acts hectic and irresponsible. Just focused on his own goals and needs and ignores every effect he has on the environment…