This project embodies the paradigm of the feminine machine, mother of the digital age, drawing inspiration from 1968 London exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity's revolutionary advancements in art-engineering collaboration. Using digital fabrication, CNC and traditional craft methods, the designs pair technology and the most human of arts. Womb pays homage to Pask's Colloquy of Mobiles (1968); Genesis draws inspiration from Desmond Paul Henry’s Drawing Machine Series 1 of the 1960s.
Alli H Park is a young designer based in New York, NY with a B.S. in Fashion Design from Cornell University. Born and raised near Atlanta, GA, she employs fashion design as an artistic medium for often subversive messages. These messages are drawn from first- and secondhand life experiences, and focus on various intersectional topics championing mental health, gender, race, and underprivileged voices. Her design process aims to maximize synergy between cutting-edge design technology, realistic sustainability for the fashion industry, and traditional crafting processes to pursue ethical growth and lasting fashion that subverts the banal cliché of "effortless beauty" by being meaningful, intentional, and—ultimately—effortful.