“SWALLOWED”
Concept | Imagine Venice 10 years from now, most likely it will be completely submerged in water. Sea levels have been increasing constantly and it is estimated that at least 14 U.S. coastal cities will no longer exist places such as Miami, FL, New York City, NY, New Orleans, Louisiana, San Diego, CA. But what if it was Venice, Italy a magical cluster of 118 small islands[1] that are separated by canals and linked by 400 bridges. This year I will be focusing on creating a collection based on Venice 10 years from now completely vanished into the Venetian Lagoon. It will be a memorial of Venice with artifacts and emotions from Venice I believe should never be forgotten. I will write a Venetian fairy tale about these artifacts found in Venice. This collection will be about remembering this fantastical city that no longer exists. It is loosely inspired by my trip to Venice and Damien Hirst’s, “Shipwrecked” exhibition I had the pleasure of seeing at the Venice Biennale.
Bio | Grace Camille Miller is a fashion design student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She grew up in Berkeley, California and her practice is centered around a combination of fine art and fashion design.
She focuses on creating captivating art that encourages strange combinations and propels her to explore new construction techniques in a thought provoking manner. She finds it exhilarating to work with rare objects and materials. Her attention to detail, persistence, and creativity; enhance her artwork.
Throughout her work she has challenged the concepts of beauty by examining the grotesque, the blemish, or the imperfect. She explored the natural process of filtration through mollusks, such as oysters. Currently, she is working on a collection about Venice, Italy ten years from now completely submerged in water.