links about Hong Kong artist Movana Chen:

video of perfomance/sculpture by Movana Chen outside clothing store Shanghai Tang in Central, Hong Kong

Coincidentally (or fortuitously), in relation to our last post about The Uniform Project, one of our presenters at the City University of Hong Conference (December 8,9,10 2009), Hong Kong artist Movana Chen is currently in an exhibition at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, in Ansan City, Korea (a short distance from Seoul) titled “Fashion Ethics – Wear Good” which runs from July 23 to October 4, 2009

Here’s something from their press release:

Fashion Ethics - Wear Good will be presenting artworks, costumes, images and installations that either propound ethical messages or follow "ethical" production methods. Participants of 19 teams from 6 countries (UK, France etc.) consisted of fashion designers, architects, installation artists, designers and photographers. Orsola de Castro and Fillippo Ricci uses left over or piece-meal stock fabric; Yun Jin Sun, Hong Sun Young and Chae Soo Kyoung dissemble and reconstruct old clothes donated by various supporters; Movana Chen's installation is composed of paper scraps from document shredders; and Lee Kyoung Jae exhibits dresses made of alternative fiber from eco-friendly materials such as corn or nettle. Of course, some of the works draw their inspirations from the topic of fair trade; Ana Paula Freitas displays bags and dresses made of recycled aluminum can parts produced with third world labor recruited through fair trade, while g:ru, Hong Sung Wan experiments with eco-friendly clothes, also produced by fair trade. Works such as Yoon Mee Jin's architectural costume - a Mobius Strip wrap made of felt - or, Yoon Jung Won's maron doll installation wearing recycled materials reflects in-depth contemplation on the basic action of "wearing clothes" within the context of fashion ethics.

link to The Uniform Project :

Pictured above (click on pic for larger image) is July 22, 23, 24, 25 at The Uniform Project a political fashion project, or fashion project for economic equality, or how to maintain an aesthetic on a low budget project . . .

From their website:

Starting May 2009, I have pledged to wear one dress for one year as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Here’s how it works: There are 7 identical dresses, one for each day of the week. Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accoutrements, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies. Think of it as wearing a daily uniform with enough creative license to make it look like I just crawled out of the Marquis de Sade's boudoir.

The Uniform Project is also a year-long fundraiser for the Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots movement that is revolutionizing education in India. At the end of the year, all contributions will go toward Akanksha’s School Project to fund uniforms and other educational expenses for children living in Indian slums.