A group of five master's students in clothing and costume design is conducting a pathological examination of inherited garments from a recently deceased woman at KHiO's sewing studio in Oslo. Over the course of three weeks, materials and fabric samples will be analyzed and compiled into a medical report. The findings will be presented as individual works at the Academy's Room at Kunstnernes Hus.

This investigation nr 7 is part of the ongoing artistic research I am Historical; methods for clothing dramaturgies, led by PhD candidate Ingvild R. Grande (NTNU/HVO). The inherited garments belonged to the candidate's grandmother, Jorunn Alvhilde Grande (1924-2024), a white middle-class woman from a small town in Trøndelag. The overarching goal of the project is to bring new knowledge about clothing's ability to revive deeply human experiences across time and space.

Ingvild Abrahamsen, Tuva Lill Esterstam, Idunn Johanne Feyling, Hanne Haug Johne and Pål Mikael Sterk-Hansen.

Held by associated professor Fredrik Floen

KHiO QuARTerly is a public program at Akademirommet at Kunstnernes Hus hosted by the three visual departments at Oslo National Academy of Arts (KHiO) — Art & Craft, Design and the Academy of Fine Art. Supported by the Fond for kunst- og designstudenter.