London based footwear designer Benjamin
John Hall is the creator of an impressive collection of men’s and women’s shoes
that are designed around the concept of the process of human experiences with
birth, life, death and resurrection.
(Women’s “Life” Shoes)
The seven piece collection features seven
pairs of shoes; two pairs for men and two pairs for women that represent birth,
life and death alongside a single pair that represent the idea of resurrection.
The series is a magnificently imaginative
and conceptual collection, unlike anything we’ve ever seen; each set of shoes
undergo a physical process that relates to its theme.
(Men's “Birth” Shoes)
The men’s “Birth” shoe is wrapped
delicately in futuristic looking foil which is slowly filled with a viscose
black ink, when it is full the foil is then pierced and cut with a scalpel with
a surgical effect so that the black ink bleeds out. After the shoe is bled dry
the foil is then carefully removed to reveal with shoe beneath.
Similarly the women’s “Birth” shoe features
a huge asymmetric platform with straps made of hospital grade tubes which are
again filled with thick black ink, after all of the ink passes through, the
tube is then snipped and sealed as if it were an umbilical cord.
(Women’s “Birth” Shoes)
The collection is incredibly tactile and
visual, they breathe and bleed and flash; they are essentially alive, they die
and are then finally resurrected in the fire. According to Hall the work
attempts to reflect people’s different attitudes or beliefs surrounding birth,
life, death and resurrection. A fantastically experimental and transcendental
collection, Hall’s collection was the deserving winner of the international YKK
Award at the International Talent Support in Italy in July last year.
(Women’s “Death” Shoes)
What do you think of this interesting
collection? Watch the video to see more!
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