Passive Dress

First presented at the frank elbaz gallery in 2005, Passive Dress by Antal Lakner looks like a spacesuit. And true enough, the suit comprises ergonomic weights that increase normal earth gravity by 150 to 200%. So wearing the Passive Dress is a considerable physical effort.

Says Antal Lakner, "the movements of a person wearing the suit become slower and more meditative." You have to focus on their body position and the basic movements. The envelope or shell hampers these basic movements. But it is also an opportunity to form new links with space, and new ways of occuying it.