An Interview in SSENSE with DOOM's Eliza Douglas
Garbs of DOOM: Behind the doomer-zoomer costumes in Anne Imhof's DOOM
Hello.
I have a new piece out today in SSENSE. It is an interview with the talented multidisciplinary artist Eliza Douglas who designed the costumes for Anne Imhof’s latest performance “DOOM: HOUSE OF HOPE” which premiered last week at the Park Avenue Armory.
I was really fascinated by the costumes and how they captured this generation’s disaffected style and its oscillations between individuation and conformity. I spoke to Eliza about that juxtaposition, how she came up with the inspiration, etc.
Here’s a quote: “The work, which revolves around youth and our current “doomed” generation, presents a uniform for our era: light-washed low-rise jeans, a mix of old and new, transatlantic styles inspired by the internet and SoundCloud.”
