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Aronson Takeover (Fashion/Values) exhibition materials

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0177-01

Abstract

The "Aronson Takeover (Fashion/Values)" pop-up exhibition was held in the corridor portion of the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons School of Design, from February 7 to 16, 2023. The collection consists of the posters which comprised the exhibition, and other materials related to the exhibition.

Dates

  • 2023

Creator

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

Curated by Parsons School of Design professor of integrated design, Otto von Busch, "Aronson Takeover (Fashion/Values)" was a pop-up exhibition installed in the corridor portion of the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons, from February 7-16, 2023. In a statement about the exhibition included in this collection, von Busch explains that he decided to mount the exhibition after seeing the Aronson Galleries stand empty for several weeks. "The space was hungry for something to tell," he writes. The exhibit consisted of a display of posters that had been sitting in von Busch's office for several years, left over from a 2020 project in which he had displayed posters that "question the tacit values that stand in the shadows of fashion and fashion education" in various spaces around campus. Von Busch indicates that an additional motivation for mounting the exhibition was his desire to demonstrate for Parsons students how they can and should initiate more of their own creative projects, to take "spontaneous action" and practice "design calisthenics." The collection is comprised of sixteen posters, measuring about 11x17 inches each, as well a printed version of the statement about the exhibition. This document includes several photographs from the exhibition.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.

Conditions Governing Use

To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.

Biographical / Historical

As of 2024, Otto von Busch is Professor of Integrated Design at Parsons School of Design and holds a Ph.D. in design from the School of Design and Craft at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has a background in arts, craft, design, and theory and many of his projects and publications explore how making practices, and especially fashion, can mobilize community capabilities through collaborative craft and social activism.

Source: https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/otto-von-busch/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred to the New School Archives by Otto von Busch in March 2023.

Title
Guide to the Aronson Takeover (Fashion/Values) exhibition materials
Status
In Process
Author
New School Archives staff
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin