A collaborative project by fashion designer Bettina Hubby and photographer Mike Slack, on view at the 181 Martel complex in Los Angeles from June 15 to July 31, 2007.

For several months in early 2007, each artist studied the other’s work as a visual reference – Slack editing his own work and making new pictures with Hubby’s designs in mind; Hubby translating these polaroids into a new collection of hand-sewn restructured garments. The result was a unique mirrored homage and a fusion of sensibilities across two distinct media. The project was documented in a limited edition full-color catalog.

The installation consisted of 25 c-print enlargements of the polaroids (12”x14”, mounted to aluminum); over 75 ready-to-wear garments; a collection of Hubby’s street photography in two unusual formats (a series of screen-printed pillows, and a 36”x52” collage printed end-to-end on a 100’ paper roll); and a large polaroid collage by Slack called The Sleeper.


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