THE BIAS
The Bias installation on the UCL Portico, as part of the Slade Post-Graduate Degree show, June 2019. was an investigation into bias in both its meanings...
1. Materially: As a ‘diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric.'
2. Theoretically: As a ‘tendency or inclination, especially an irrational preference or prejudice.’
Dressing the UCL portico columns in bias cut, striped, garments made of Satinac fabric, whilst wearing garments that match the dressed architecture Boon & Baum explored and dissected ideas of camp, camouflage and wearing more than just one’s clothing.
A third element to the piece came to play through The Column Dance, a performace twice a day during the exhibition interweaving body, building and movement.
References to the 1930’s queen of bias Madeleine Vionnet, the dresses have a variety of different design features including godets, cowl necklines, tiers and voluminous shapes. The fabric was panelled with diagonally striped fabric in two acidly glamorous colours. The stripes depict the 45°angle of the bias, as well as referencing the camouflage of the 20th century dazzle ships. In addition we celebrated the history of UCL, with a nod to the diagonal decorations of the UCL fete of 1909.
Funded by:
Sir Paul Smith
The Eaton Fund
Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust
UCL Business
Kickstarter Contributors
With help from:
Run The Fields (Installation)
Daas Trading (Fabrication assistance)
Showtex (Fabric)
Press:
https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/stories/ss19/bias-by-boon-and-baum
THE BIAS
The Bias installation on the UCL Portico, as part of the Slade Post-Graduate Degree show, June 2019. was an investigation into bias in both its meanings...
1. Materially: As a ‘diagonal line or cut across the weave of a fabric.'
2. Theoretically: As a ‘tendency or inclination, especially an irrational preference or prejudice.’
Dressing the UCL portico columns in bias cut, striped, garments made of Satinac fabric, whilst wearing garments that match the dressed architecture Boon & Baum explored and dissected ideas of camp, camouflage and wearing more than just one’s clothing.
A third element to the piece came to play through The Column Dance, a performace twice a day during the exhibition interweaving body, building and movement.
References to the 1930’s queen of bias Madeleine Vionnet, the dresses have a variety of different design features including godets, cowl necklines, tiers and voluminous shapes. The fabric was panelled with diagonally striped fabric in two acidly glamorous colours. The stripes depict the 45°angle of the bias, as well as referencing the camouflage of the 20th century dazzle ships. In addition we celebrated the history of UCL, with a nod to the diagonal decorations of the UCL fete of 1909.
Funded by:
Sir Paul Smith
The Eaton Fund
Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust
UCL Business
Kickstarter Contributors
With help from:
Run The Fields (Installation)
Daas Trading (Fabrication assistance)
Showtex (Fabric)
Press:
https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/stories/ss19/bias-by-boon-and-baum
Boon’s Education
Slade School of Fine Art – Sculpture MFA (University College London, UK) 2017 - 2019
Fashion Design - Womenswear BA (Hons) (Central St. Martins, UK) First Class Hons (1st) 2012 - 2016
Diploma in Professional Studies (Central St. Martins, UK) Pass 2014 - 2015
Foundation in Art & Design (Leeds College of Art, UK) Pass 2011 - 2012
International Baccalaureate Diploma (Sha Tin College, Hong Kong) 33/45 2009 - 2011
Baum’s Education
Slade School of Fine Art – Sculpture MFA (University College London, UK) 2018 - 2020
Fashion Design - Womenswear BA (Hons) (Central St. Martins, UK) First Class Hons (1st) 2013 - 2017
Diploma in Professional Studies (Central St. Martins, UK) Pass 2015 - 2016
Foundation in Art & Design (King Edward Community College VII, Totnes, UK) Distinction 2012 - 2013
Teignmouth Community College, Devon, UK 2010 - 2012
Joint Exhibitions & Performances
Lecture at Arts University Bournemouth March 2020
‘Parade: A Celebration of Contemporary Textile Art’ - Broadway Gallery, Letchworth. Dec 2019-Feb 2020
‘The Bias Re-Cut’- ‘Heal’s X Slade at Mansard Gallery’, for London Design Festival. Sept 2019
The Bias’ - The Slade School of Art Graduate Degree Show. May - June 2019
‘Dazzle Beach, Bias Boulders’ - sculptural intervention and performance, Devon. Feb 2019
‘Boon & Baum Cut the Room on the Bias’, performance at The Slade School of Fine Art. Jan 2019
‘Bias Creations’, Post-graduate Sculpture exhibition, Slade School of Fine Art, London. Dec 2018
‘Woman’ performance in ‘Platform 1: Slade performs’ in The Bloomsbury Theatre, London. Feb 2018
‘Bulldog Wardrobe’, performance in the Central Saint Martins runway show, London, UK. May 2017
Grants
UCL Business - £2000. March 2019
Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust - £1000. April 2019
Private Donors - £1250. April 2019
Sir Paul Smith Foundation - £2000. May 2019
The Eaton Fund - £500. May 2019
Boon & Baum ‘The Bias’ Kickstarter - £1968. May 2019
(All for ‘The Bias’, Slade Graduate Degree show)
Boon’s Exhibitions & Achievements
Put on the UCL Dean’s List of 2019 for ‘Outstanding Academic Performance’. November 2019
Lectured - Bournemouth Arts University, UK. March 2019
Second South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art. Oct 2018
‘I See Myself There Where I Am Not’ exhibition - Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK. Sept 2018
Took part in a focus group at the Musee du Quai Branly - Paris, France. Sept 2018
Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Heilongjiang, China. August 2018
Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Hokkaido, Japan. July 2018
Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Iceland. April 2018
Bursary from Dyers and Colourists Society to go to Iceland. March 2018
Lectured - Bournemouth Arts University, UK. February 2018
First South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art. Oct 2017
Participant in a focus group at the V&A exploring exotic materials. Sept 2017
Exhibited garments at the Art and Fashion Exhibition - Forbidden City, Beijing. August 2017
‘Orange Peel’ solo exhibition at Grow Elephant - London, UK. October 2016
Baum’s Exhibitions & Achievements
The Claire Winston Memorial Award for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art. 2019-2020
South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art. 2019-2020
‘Desperate Artist Seeking’, group exhibition, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London. Feb 2019
‘Cord for Inner Parts’, collaborative exhibition with Jerusha West, San Mei Gallery, London. Oct 2018
UCL tuition fee scholarship for MFA Sculpture at the Slade School of Art. 2018-2019
Costume design for ‘Dirty Paw’ by Yu-Hsein Wu, part of ‘Resolution’ at The Place, London. Feb 2018
‘UN/DRESS’ joint exhibition with Margret Wibmer, Galerie Am Polylog, Worgl, Austria. Nov 2017
‘21st Faith’ group exhibition, The Workshop, Vauxhall, London. Oct 2017
‘In/Out’ solo exhibition at Art Lacuna Gallery, London. Sept - Oct 2017
Shortlisted for the LVMH scholarship for BA Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins. Dec 2017
Short film voted in top 10 for the People’s Choice Award, Fashion Film Festival Milano, Italy. Sept 2016
Short film voted in top 10 for the People’s Choice Award, Fashion Film Festival Milano, Italy. Sept 2015
‘Fashion and Performance; Materiality, Meaning, Media’ RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, AUS. Apr 2015
Boon’s Internships & Work Experience
Melita Denaro - Artist Studio Assistant, London, UK. Nov 2018 - March 2020
Delfina Foundation - Sole Invigilator, London, UK. April 2018 - Oct 2019
International Art Institutes Association (IAIA) - Teaching Assistant, Beijing, China. August 2018
Sasha Pirogova & Clementine Keith-Roach - Performer, ‘Pavilion’ Art Night, London, UK. July 2018
Caroline Archaintre - Artist Assistant, London, UK. May - June 2018
Jonathan Baldock - Artist Assistant, London, UK. April - May 2018
Ashish - Fashion Studio Assistant, London, UK. 2016 - 2017
Ksenia Nunis - Fashion Intern, Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam, Holland. Apr 2015 - June 2015
Angel Chen - Fashion Studio Intern, Shanghai, China & Paris, France. Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
ThreeASFOUR - Fashion Studio Intern, New York, USA. Sept 2014 - Dec 2014
Baum’s Internships & Work Experience
Studio Orta - Artist assistant, Paris, France. May - July 2018
Victoria Miro - Gallery invigilator, London, UK. April - Nov 2018
Bernhard Willhelm - Internship in fashion design studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Apr - July 2016
McQ Alexander McQueen - Menswear Design Intern, London, UK. Nov 2015 - March 2016
Margret Wibmer
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Artist assistant and performance assistant at the Oudekerk, Amsterdam. Oct 2015
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Performance assistant at ’Do Disturb’ Festival, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. April 2016
Owenscorp
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Dresser for Rick Owens Womens SS16 ‘Cyclops’ runway show, Palais de Tokyo.
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Showroom assistant for Gareth Pugh SS16, Paris fashion week, France. Oct 2015
Studio Orta - Artist Internship, Paris/Coulommiers, France. June - July 2015
Anna-Nicole Zietsche
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Production assistant for fashion film ‘Black Scraptrolley’, London. Apr 2014
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Production assistant for fashion film ‘Before a Fashion’, London. Apr 2015
Chuckle Shoes - Shop and workshop assistant, Exeter, Devon, UK. Oct 2011 - Sept 2016