mirror brooch

The Mirror Brooch, made by Kajsa G Eriksson, as part of her PhD, is simply a mirror used as a brooch. Kajsa says that “by the conscious wearing of the Mirror Brooch, I am positioning this piece of work of art in a ‘slot’ or a time-spacing that is made up of different kinds of communication in everyday life”. Anything worn, as a dress, in this case the Mirror Brooch, is a non-verbal medium of communication, and has it greatest effect before conversations take place, Kajsa states. Wearing the Mirror Brooch makes you more accessible and available, in public spaces, and that can be perceived as difficult.

On Kajsa’s PhD web site the title ‘Reflective Fashion: Dress, Art and Engagement in Public Space is found. She´s been exploring how clothes create meaning, and in designing clothes, the attention has not only been on the clothes themselves, but “on the social interaction they take part in, a kind of ‘social fashion’. Further Kajsa says that since we wear the garment, unlike other artifacts, it embodies both identity and appearance. The simultaneous activity of using, performing and observing, what her project is about, she calls a form of mimetic design [1].

[1] Leich, Neil,. (2006) Camouflage, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press