Fashion and habitability for Space, the Moon and Mars
- Paper number
IAC-24,A3,IP,211,x85444
- Author
Prof. Irene Lia Schlacht, Space Renaissance International, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Jane Morelli, Freelance Artist, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Giordano Pierlorenzi, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Poliarte (Ancona, Italy), Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Mauro Nappo, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Poliarte (Ancona, Italy), Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Paolo Monina, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Poliarte (Ancona, Italy), Italy
- Coauthor
Ms. Giulia Vicini, Academy of Fine Arts and Design Poliarte (Ancona, Italy), Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Melchiorre Masali, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Margherita Micheletti Cremasco, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Bernard Foing, ILEWG "EuroMoonMars", The Netherlands
- Year
2024
- Abstract
Evoking the shadow of Protàgoras, when presented with the image of the technological world, we share the conviction of living in an environment which is "on a human scale"; everything that surrounds us seems created for Man and therefore Man is the measure of things, as the philosopher Abdera explaeined. Countless millennia of natural selection and spontaneous technologies have "adapted" Man to the environment and the environment to Man. However, what happens when we design something that has never been designed before? This is the challenge we face when we want to send someone into interplanetary space. A study on "Fashion" in Space, however, requires us to develop a multidisciplinary investigation with creative, scientific, and technological commitment. The Creative Aspect, the core tenet of Fashion, regards not only creating new clothing designs strongly influenced by the extreme environmental and technological constrains, but also by the cultural impact of science fiction designsimages, for example, the art and costume designs in starting from Fritz Lang’s Metropolisfilms. This aspect is, however, the basis and leitmotif of this project, considering not only the different situations involving intravehicular (IVA) and extravehicular (EVA) activities, but also the situations of transition from one condition to another. The Semantic Aspect is equally fundamental in order to define situations of Roles, Ranks, Functions, and recognition of People. The anthropometrical aspect should also involve any natural and/or medical metamorphosis, that includes (as from the recent ESA astronaut call) different body shapes, such as very short stature, or limb differences. An key anthropological aspects is the need, choice, or desire (and hopefully not the obligation) to express (or not) one's gender, one's ethnicity/nationality/origin/religion/membership/national identity/military background/university etc. with symbols, friezes, flags or anything else and (we hope) not with invasive bodily interventions, unless dictated by ancient and accepted traditions. The Tailoring Aspect is obviously the substantial function of the construction of the garment, from the underwear to the space suit. Here we must contemplate in particular the fundamental anthropometric point of view along with specific tailoring technologies regarding the space technological-industrial environment. Those are the considerations involvedbased infor the development of a student’s work on fashion and habitability for outer space. The final paper presents the result elaborated by the design courses of the Italian Accademia di Belle Arti e Design Poliarte of Ancona in collaboration with other universities to gain a multidisciplinary project for the design of future space fashion.
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