UNDER THE INFLUENCE AN EXHIBITION BY TILONÈ
AS TILONÈ THE BRAND CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH CYCLE I AM REMINDED OF ITS CHALLENGING YET REWARDING PATHS. IN REFLECTION, THIS CURATED BODY OF WORK DEPICTS A DEEPLY PERSONAL HOMAGE TO A RARE SENSE OF COMMUNITY I AM FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY I EVOLVED. REMAINING IN A LINEAR SPACE WAS NOT AN OPTION. I UNDERSTOOD THAT REINVENTION IS KEY. BY FLAMING MY FIRE, THIS COMMUNITY GUIDED ME IN THE DIRECTION WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.
THE INFINITE LIST OF INFLUENCERS AND CRUSADERS PROVIDED A PORTAL WHICH ENHANCED MY ABILITIES. MOST PROFOUNDLY, THIS COMMUNITY GAVE ME AN EXTENDED LEASE ON HOPE AND A SORT OF IMPAIRMENT TO SURROUNDING SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE REMINDS ME OF TOMBLIKE HIEROGLYPHS. THOSE WHO FEAR SHAME, DIE. THESE INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECT ME TO PAST LIVES, BURNT ME DOWN AND BROUGHT ME HOME, TO MYSELF. A PLACE OF MORAL BEAUTY THAT COEXISTS WITH STRIFE.
BORN ON THE SHORES OF ADDINGTON BEACH, DURBAN IS MY HOME. THIS CITY AND ITS VAST COMMUNITIES TAUGHT ME THE RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THE ABILITY TO FIND LIGHT IN THE DARKEST OF SPACES.
TO ME, THE INFLUENCE OF COLLABORATION AND ITS VALUE SYSTEMS CAN BRING ABOUT CHANGE TO A WORLD ON FIRE. IT UNDERSTANDS VULNERABILITIES AND DESIRES. IT SHARES THE LOAD OF THE HEAVY WEIGHT WITHIN. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A COMMUNITY WE ULTIMATELY NEVER LOVE ALONE.
I OFTEN WISH FOR DIFFERENT INFLUENCES - I AM REMINDED BY THE LATE ANDRÉ LEON TALLEY TO MAKE DO WITH THE HAND WE HAVE BEEN DELT. HE WAS A HERO IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. HE WILL LIVE ON AS WE ARE ALL ALLOWED TO TAKE UP ETERNAL SPACE.
BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT ME TO A SPACE WHERE I AM IN AWE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BEAUTIFYING THE CHAOS OF LIFE. A SPACE WHERE I FEEL MOST ALIVE, LIBERATED AND AWAKE.
FEATURING COLLABORATIVE PIECES BY:
ANDRÉ SWART, CAROLE PAXTON, CHRIS SHEZI, KIARA DANDRIDGE, WENZILE, UGLY BRUV
09.05.2022
SKYLINE
155 GORDON ROAD
WINDERMERE
DURBAN
4001
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A COLLECTION OF GENDER-FLUID SILVER PIECES.
THE ITEMS REFLECT BOTH TILONÈ'S AND SAVAGE JEWELLERY'S SHARED AESTHETICS AND DESIGN ETHOS.
THE COLLECTION COMPRISES OF A NECKLACE, ANKLET, AND BRACELET CREATED USING A DELICATE ROLO CHAIN AND COMPLETED WITH A TINY ORGANIC FOB CATCH THAT IS SUBTLE AND TACTILE.
FLOATING VS LEVITATING
A PERSONAL PROJECT OF NUMEROUS PATTERN PIECES, EMPHASISING ABSTRACT PROPORTIONS AND SARTORIAL ELEMENTS, CURATED EXPRESSIVELY.
FASHION AND ART ALLOW US TO LEVITATE AND FEEL EMPOWERED. IT ALLOWS US TO FEEL UNIQUE AND IS A MOUTHPIECE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION.
EVEN HARD-LINED SARTORIAL PIECES HISTORICALLY VIEWED AS RESTRICTIVE CAN BE RE-ASSEMBLED TO BE VIEWED AND EXPERIENCED DIFFERENTLY FROM THE NORM BY THE WEARER.
CURATION IS KEY.
DO YOU WANT TO LEVITATE OR DO YOU WANT TO FLOAT?
THE WEARER IS ENTITLED TO THAT CHOICE.
TILONÈ THE BRAND AND THE HUMAN HOLDS THIS CONCEPT OF CHOICE, CHANGE, REPURPOSING WITH THE AIM TO LEVITATE OR FLOAT AS A CORE PERSPECTIVE WHEN CREATING.
ART DIRECTION + PHOTOGRAPHY: TILONÈ
MODEL: KIARA DANDRIDGE
SOUNDTRACK: WE FLOAT: PJ HARVEY, 2000
CLICK AND COLLECT
HUMBLE COFFEE IS OUR CLICK AND COLLECT PARTNER IN DURBAN.
LOCAL SUPPORTING LOCAL
HUMBLE COFFEE
21A CHURCHILL RD, GREYVILLE, BEREA, 4001
TRADING TIMES:
MONDAY - FRIDAY 07H00 - 15H00
SATURDAY 07H00 - 14H00
SUNDAY 08H00 - 14H00
THE EMBROIDERED LAGERFELD VEST + PLAID SUITING SHORTS, THE POINT PROMENADE, DURBAN, 2022
ART DIRECTION + PHOTOGRAPHY: TILONÈ
MODEL: ELLIOT WILLIAMS