FUTURISM

Futuristic fashion is being described as “post-human”, which is inspired by artificial intelligence and illustrated by technical driven design and a new generation of technical materials.

Post-human is a concept originating in the fields of science fiction, futurology, contemporary art, and philosophy that literally means a person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human. The concept addresses questions of ethics and justice, language and trans-species communication, social systems, and the intellectual aspirations of interdisciplinarity.

The post-human is a speculative being that represents or seeks to re-conceive the human. It is the object of post-humanist criticism, which critically questions humanism, a branch of humanist philosophy which claims that human nature is a universal state from which the human being emerges; human nature is autonomous, rational, capable of free will, and unified in itself as the apex of existence. Thus, the post-human position recognizes imperfectability and disunity within him or herself, and understands the world through heterogeneous perspectives while seeking to maintain intellectual rigour and a dedication to objective observations. 

Key to this post-human practice is the ability to fluidly change perspectives and manifest oneself through different identities. The post-human, for critical theorists of the subject, has an emergent ontology rather than a stable one; in other words, the post-human is not a singular, defined individual, but rather one who can "become" or embody different identities and understand the world from multiple, heterogeneous perspectives.

Futuristic fashion include some aspects like custom fabrics, embossed textures, liquid or metallic elements, and glowing LED lights inside of mesh materials. Futurism is also further supported by the rise of 3D-printed clothing, footwear, and accessories. And this is the element that I want to incorporate with the concept “wearable painting”.