Gender clothes

This project was provoked by an unpleasant event preceding the opening of the Clothed Paintings exhibition in Uzice, in October 2013. It was an unexpected reaction to our exhibition concept, based on conventional and negative personal attitudes towards clothing and gender. I was thinking about it for days – about gender and sex and their relationship with clothes, in context of the Serbian incapacity to distinguish between the two. So I decided to make a series of photographs of people wearing “gender appropriate” clothes. Nouns in Serbian grammar have three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. So I divided garments into two groups by their nouns’ gender, and my friend Jelena Kostic took some photos of our friends Dusan and Emily wearing “appropriate” clothes from these lists.

I also want to thank Klasa for letting us use their space and clothes for shooting, as well as Tijana Milutinovic, Jovana Markovic and Romi Schneider for lending us clothes.

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Check out here a little bit more about project and a short text my friend Vladimir wrote about it.

MASCULINE NOUNS		FEMININE NOUNS
grudnjak / brushalter – bra halteri – suspenders triko – tricot bikini – bikini kupaći kostim – bathing suit šorts – shorts kombinezon – overalls top – top džemper – sweater blejzer – blazer kimono – kimono prsluk – vest sako – suit jacket mantil – topcoat kaput – coat kačket – cap šal – scarf šešir – hat		gaćice – panties bokserice – boxer shorts majica – T-shirt košulja – shirt bluza – blouse tunika – tunic dukserica – sweatshirt trenerka – gym suit jakna – jacket pantalone – pants bermude – bermuda shorts helanke – tights suknja – skirt haljina – dress čarape – stockings cipele – shoes čizme – boots papuče – slippers sandale – sandals marama – kerchief  beretka – beret
Dusan before “gender intervention”:and after: kimono, grudnjak, halteri /kimono, bra, suspenders/ blejzer & grudnjak /blazer & bra/ top & šorts /top & shorts/ top by Tijana Milutinović shorts by Jovana Marković sako & šorts /suit jacket & shorts/ suit jacket by Ivana Stojanović shorts by Jovana Marković kačket & kombinezon /cap & overalls/ overalls by Romi Schneider džemper /sweater/ sweater by Senka Kljakić mantil /topcoat/ silver topcoat by Tijana Milutinović kaput /coat/		Emily before “gender intervention”: and after: suknja & čarape /skirt & stockings/ skirt by Flora Goticcelli bluza & suknja /blouse & skirt/ blouse by Ivana Stojanović skirt by Flora Goticcelli bluza & pantalone /blouse&pants/ blouse by Ivana Stojanović pants by Monika Ratković košulja & pantalone /shirt&pants/ pants by Monika Ratković haljina /dress/