T-Shirt: Solid/Void

by XY ZhouPosted on February 10, 2022February 17, 2022

My interpretation of the T-shirt project focuses on the concepts of solidity and void, where the white T-shirt and the hollow head mold represent a conceptual void.

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Shot of t-shirt from the front: appears to be a white tank witha seam down the middle

Shot of t-shirt from the back, the hollow head is visible

Shot of t-shirt from the back, XY is holding the head from the top and supporting it from the bottom

Shot of t-shirt from the side, XY is standing and hunched over and looking down

Shot of t-shirt from the side, XY is in the same pose as previous but is looking at camera

Shot of t-shirt from the side, XY is sitting cross-legged and bent over

The T-shirt project aims to re-invent the “basic white tee” in accordance with commonly used design principles. My interpretation of this project focuses on the concepts of solidity and void, where the white T-shirt and the hollow head mold represent a conceptual void. The stark white and gray stand in contrast to the solid person wearing the shirt. The body of the shirt imitates the anatomical body, creating an impression of the phantom head emerging from the body of the wearer.

XY Zhou (BA ’23) originally created “White T-Shirt: Solid/Void” in Louise Harpman’s Fall 2021 Interdisciplinary Seminar “Good Design: Objects, Bodies, Buildings, Cities.”

Photographs by Photographers: Tucker Papa (Tisch BA ’23) and Abigail Lenhard (BA ’23).