Curious Transformations

Unusual T shirt Stories

"T-shirts worn by individual children were correctly identified by the siblings and mothers of those children through olfactory cues alone. Furthermore, parents correctly distinguished between the odors of otherwise identical shirts worn by two of their own children. Bodily odors may therefore be stimuli for kin recognition among humans."

Science Direct Article Link

Dirty Tee Shirt Leads to Arrest

"DNA evidence on a discarded tee shirt led to the arrest of a suspect involved in a botched Glen Ridge robbery that occurred more than one year ago. From The Star Ledger:

The critical clue came from an unfamiliar T-shirt found at the June 2007 crime scene. The T-shirt was found inside the homeowner's backpack, which was left on the driveway with a garbage bag full of copper pots and pans from the house.

How the T-shirt got in the backpack was "the magic question," said Lt. Paul Bruno of the Glen Ridge Police Department. "The DNA hit comes off the T-shirt." "

Baristanet Article Link

Graphics & T shirts

The simple layout of this display makes perfect sense, its naivety is deeply familiar and eye catching. Every letter has its own individual character which is printed boldly on the separate T-shirts and all relate to each other as a whole as well.



American Apparel Helvetica Alphabet T shirts

Exhibitions

While flicking through my local newspaper, I was captivated by this picture. Here the artist, Haider, has used the medium of a T shirt to stitch a written narrative of her horrific experience during the 2006 bombings of Lebanon. I like the way the two T shirts are connected by thread and seem to have been torn apart graphically and demonstratively.


Aka Gaider at the 198 Contemporary Art Gallery, London '09

While I was in New york I visited lots of exhibitions. One of my favorite shows was called 'Second Lives' - Remixing the ordinary. It consisted of a large collection of artists work using everyday articles to create exciting new objects and installations. I particularly liked the work of Teruya, because he makes the throwaway paper bag into a something quite different. It is like an idyllic stage set, a magical landscape filled with a sense of light and life.


Exhibition info:
Yuken Teruya at the Museum of Arts & Design , NYC '09