Wilden Weihn
Bio
IN ORDER TO CONTEXTUALIZE MY WORK I MUST START
WITH MY MEDIUM: I AM A HORROR ARTIST, IN THE SAME
WAY THAT DAHLI IS A SURREALIST, AND MARGIELA IS A
DECONSTRUCTIONIST. MY GOAL AS A HORROR ARTIST WITHIN
THE FASHION REALM IS TWO FOLD: TO EXPAND THE VISUAL
SEMIOTICS OF HORROR AND DISTILL THEM INTO OBJECTS,
AND TO USE HORROR IN ITS MOST HONEST, AND SOMETIMES
SHOCKING FORM TO CREATE A DIRECT METAPHOR FOR PERSONAL
AND SHARED TRAUMA. THESE TWO GOALS ARE THE PRIMARY
CONSTANTS THROUGHOUT MY WORK, AND LIFE. BY EQUATING
THE VIOLENCE, FEAR, AND TRAUMA, THAT ARE THE STAPLES
OF HORROR, TO THE VIOLENCE, FEAR, AND TRAUMA THAT
ARE STAPLES OF FASHION PRODUCTION, CAPITALISM, AND
PERSONAL LIFE TRAUMAS, I ACHIEVE A CALL FOR ATTENTION
AND CHANGE.
SOME MAY CALL IT HYPERBOLE, I CALL IT TRUE HONESTY.
THANK YOU TO THE ENDLESS SACRIFICES MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, BROTHER, NIECES, NEPHEW AND, ESPECIALLY MY PARTNER, HAVE MADE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A POSSIBILITY. WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS SCARED OF ME, YOU CHOSE TO BE TENDER.