Dyeing with Food Waste

In the Anthropocene epoque, there is an urgent need to change
the paradigm of fashion. Fashion, the system, and the related
industries provide one of the most damaging environmental
footprints and are responsible for an extensive use of resources,
including textiles, to make fashion. Political initiatives point to
changes forcing the fashion industry to enter a green transition,
though within our existing growth paradigm. To fundamentally
change the system of fashion, we need to transcend our current
paradigm and create a new alternative to ensure profound
changes. But creating a new and alternative paradigm of fashion
is, however, fraught with complexity due to the very nature of
fashion. The current concept of fashion and specifically the
interconnected business models consist of, and is thriving on
newness, planned obsolescence, and fast replacements.
With dyeing and printing textiles as a focus area, the three
projects, Dyeing with food waste, Mordant and direct printing
in layers, and Changing aesthetics jointly explore different
perspectives on how to contribute to the change of the current
paradigm of fashion. The Dyeing with food waste project
constitutes the origin and forms the foundation for the two
others