Last Wednesday, the Prince Claus Awards for culture were presented in Amsterdam at a lavish ceremony attended by the Dutch royal family, leading politicians and sundry plebs like myself. I was there because I'd translated most of the speeches. Hearing them read is a curious sensation: the content belongs to the original authors; the words are mine. It's a bit like dressing up in someone else's clothes: strange and slightly sexy.
One of the Awards went to the Chinese fashion designer Ma Ke. Her work is based on the Zen-like notion that clothes are imbued with memory. I agree with her entirely, although my experience is rather more along the lines of "If this frock could talk, I'd really rather it didn't!"
Photo: Annie
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That's a really interesting idea, actually. I always get a feeling from thrift-shop buys and vintage stuff, like you just know it was worn to a fabulous party in the forties or fifties.
spoken like the cunning linguist you are. (oops)
The sculpture towards the back reminds me strongly of Manet's Street Singer which I featured yesterday.
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