Sophia Linden

Sophia Linden X Elina BrotherusEXPOSED(MA) Sophia Linden’s graduation work EXPOSED is a multidisciplinary artistic collaboration with lens-based contemporary artist Elina Brotherus. Guided by dialogue and shared artistic curiosity, thework explores the fusion of fashion, textile and photography.The self-portraits that Brotherus took for the collaboration serve as a primary inspiration, guidingthe creation of the fashion collection and textile art that transforms images into tactile andwearable form. "I approach fashion and textiles as an artistic practice, and I’m interested in mergingthem with visual arts to explore new forms of expression." For this project, Linden and Brotherus were also invited by the city of Espoo to work site-specifically in the Venturo House, designed by architect Matti Suuronen in 1971. Venturo’sminimalist architecture, materiality and postmodern aesthetic, along with references to pop art,shaped the collection’s visual language. Linden’s work is centred around an experimental practice-led approach; through artistic textileprocesses, she translated Brotherus’s photographs into woven, knitted and printed form, turningthe images into different structures, materials and colours. In the collection, the garments'minimal silhouettes allow the textiles and images to take centre stage. Most of the materialsused in the collection are stock leftovers or upcycled yarns, fabrics, and vintage accessoriesthat are given a new life. "I wanted to explore what meaning is created, lost, or transformed when different artforms, such as textiles and photography, are fused together."