DRESSCODE
Zakodirane zgodbe iz ljubljanskih omar

Avtorici: MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR, VERONIKA KLANČNIK

Interaktivni umetniški dogodek so sestavljali:
Vabilo javnosti
Zbiranje oblačil in zgodb
Urejanje zgodb, generiranje črtnih kod
Opremljanje oblačil s črtnimi kodami
"Trgovina"
Izbiranje oblačil
Pomerjanje oblačil
"Nakup" oblačil
Branje "računov"
Fotografiranje

Dresscode arhiv:
Obleke in zgodbe
Stari in novi lastniki oblek
Video


Opis projekta:

FAZA 1: Ven iz omare!

Prvi del projekta je predstavljalo zbiranje rabljenih oblačil.

K sodelovanju na projektu Dresscode sva avtorici s pomočjo sredstev javnega obveščanja, letakov in elektronske pošte povabili zainteresirane posameznice in posameznike. Zbiranje oblek je potekalo vsak dan od 16. do 20. 9. 2002 v Kiberpipi.

Ljudje so bili povabljeni, da prinesejo s seboj kak kos obleke, ki ga že dolgo ne nosijo več, pa ga iz kakršnihkoli razlogov še vedno niso zavrgli. Z vsakim udeležencem sva avtorici ob izročitvi obleke opravili kratek pogovor. Donatorje sva povabili, da prispevajo osebno zgodbo ali anekdoto, povezano z oblačilom, ki so ga prinesli s seboj. Zgodbe sva posneli, jih uredili na primerne dolžine ter vnesli v podatkovno bazo v računalnik. Za vsako podarjeno oblačilo sva ustvarili črtno kodo, povezano z zgodbo oblačila v računalniški bazi. Črtne kode sva natisnili na kartončke in pripeli na oblačila.


FAZA 2: Nazaj v omaro!

V drugem delu projekta smo zbrana oblačila brezplačno oddali.

Kraj: Kiberpipa, Kersnikova 6, Ljubljana
Čas: četrtek, 3. oktober 2002, od 12.00 do 21.00

Avtorici sva v Kiberpipi postavili na ogled kolekcijo podarjenih oblačil "Dresscode". Obiskovalci so bili povabljeni, da si izberejo obleko, dekodirajo pripadajočo zgodbo in oboje odnesejo domov.

Prostor performensa sva uredili kot trgovino z oblekami in plačilno blagajno. Obiskovalci so lahko sproščeno izbirali in pomerjali oblačila, ki so bila na razpolago. Obiskovalec, ki je želel domov odnesti oblačilo, je moral mimo blagajne, da bi opravil "nakup". "Blagajničarka" (performerka) je s čitalcem črtnih kod prebrala črtno kodo, pripeto na izbrano oblačilo ter "kupcu" izdala "račun". Na računalniškem izpisu v obliki računa je obiskovalec našel natisnjeno zgodbo izbranega oblačila. Proces se je zaključil s fotografiranjem novih lastnikov oblačil.

Plošče je sukal DJ Borka.

Zaključek

Na vabilo k zbiranju oblek se je odzvalo 49 donatoric in donatorjev, ki so prispevali skupaj okrog 130 oblek.
Od 130 oblačil so novi lastniki domov odnesli približno 90 oblek. Eno oblačilo smo podarili Muzeju za kostume v Mariboru, ostale obleke pa beguncem v Begunskem centru Postojna.

DRESSCODE
Coded Stories from the Closets of Ljubljana

Authors: MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERCAR, VERONIKA KLANCNIK

An Interactive Art Happening Consisted of:
Public invitation
Collecting clothes and stories
Editing stories and generating barcodes
Attaching barcodes to clothes
"A Store"
Browsing through clothing
Trying on clothing
"Purchase"
Reading of "receipts"
Photosession

Dresscode archives:
Clothes and stories
Donators and new clothing owners
Video


A project description:

PHASE 1: Out of the closet!

The first part of the project involved collecting of secondhand clothes.

Interested individuals were invited to participate in Project Dresscode by means of media announcements, fliers, and electronic mail. The clothes collection took place September 16-20, 2002 at Kiberpipa.

We - the authors - accepted only clothes that were still in good shape. We conducted brief interviews with everyone who donated clothing. Donors were invited to contribute any personal story or anecdote connected with the donated item of clothing. We recorded each story, edited it to an appropriate length, and entered it into a computer database. Each item of donated clothing we assigned its own barcode, which we printed out and attached to the item. The barcode corresponded to the related story in the computer database.


PHASE 2: Back to the closet!

In the second part, the clothes were given away for free.

Location: Cyberpipe, Kersnikova 6, Ljubljana
Time: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, from 12.00 am till 9.00 pm

Authors organised a showing of the donated clothes collection "Dresscode" in Cyberpipe. Visitors were invited to pick out the clothing they want, decode the attached story, and take them both home with them.

The place of the performance was arranged like a clothes store, and a cash register station was installed. Visitors were able to browse through the collected clothing and tryed on whatever they liked. Any visitor who wished to take an item of clothing home had to go to the cash register to accomplish "a purchase". The “cashier” (a performer) scanned the barcode attached to the item of clothing. The “shopper” then received a printout, in the form of a “receipt,” of the story that is associated with the chosen item. A photography of the new clothing owners completed the process.

DJ Borka was on the decks.


Conclusion

49 donors have answered the invitation, contributing approximately 130 pieces of clothing in all. Out of 130 items of clothing, approx. 90 were taken home by new owners. One suit was donated to the Museum of Costume Design in Maribor, while the rest of the Dresscode collection was donated to refugees in the Postojna Refugee Center.