Founded in 2013 in Melbourne, AU
Centre for Style is both an internationally touring format and a physical space in Melbourne run by Matthew Linde. Its ephemeral arrangements and gatherings mix haphazard, DIY nonchalance with a large, shifting cast of people—including fashion designers who do not produce traditional collection-based lines and artists who might craft spontaneous, off-brand clothing or props. True to its deconstructive take on fashion and conventions of style, Centre for Style’s new work is an abstracted, chaotic fashion runway-turned-backstage. Filled with detritus and collateral remains, the project foregrounds the invisible, at times messy rituals of event-based mise-en-scènes, reminding us that fashion produces not only clothes but also communities.
List of works
Dress Rehearsal, 2016
In collaboration with Anna-Sophie Berger; Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner; Max Brand; Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick & Amber Wright; Susan Cianciolo; Marlie Mul; Liam Osborne; H.B. Peace & Kate Meakin; Joshua Petherick; Lin May Saeed; Eirik Sæther
Mixed media
Courtesy Centre for Style, Anna-Sophie Berger; Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner; Max Brand; Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick & Amber Wright; Susan Cianciolo; Marlie Mul; Liam Osborne; H.B. Peace & Kate Meakin; Joshua Petherick; Lin May Saeed; Eirik Sæther
Commissioned and produced by Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Rare Candy with Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick and Amber Wright, This is the remainder of Rare Candy’s contribution to Centre for Style’s Dress Rehearsal in the 9th Berlin Biennale. Together with our contributors Alden Epp, Spencer Lai, Natasha Madden, Misty Pollen, Ander Rennick and Amber Wright, we have made the decision to reclaim our proposed work, 2016, courtesy the artists, photos: Julia Burlingham
Installation view of Liam Osborne, Locating the centre #1, 2016, Locating the centre #2, 2016, and Locating the centre #3, 2016; courtesy Liam Osborne, Punk Cafe; Melbourne; photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Anna-Sophie Berger, mud coat 2, 2016; courtesy Anna-Sophie Berger; JTT Gallery, New York; photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Eirik Sæther, S as in Speeches Stored on Shelves for Future Selves, 2016, courtesy Eirik Sæther, photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of H.B. Peace ‘new, Col. Gunavatta Kupfer’, 2016, courtesy H.B. Peace and Eirik Sæther, S as in Speeches Stored on Shelves for Future Selves, 2016, courtesy Eirik Sæther, photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of H.B. Peace with Kate Meakin, Time is somewhere else, 2016, courtesy H.B. Peace and Kate Meakin, photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Joshua Petherick, Boundary Dweller, 2016; courtesy Joshua Petherick; Croy Nielsen, Berlin; photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Max Brand, Untitled, 2016; courtesy Max Brand and Lin May Saeed, Free Love, 2006; courtesy Lin May Saeed; Jacky Strenz Gallery Berlin; photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner, Drudges (Chair series), 2016, courtesy Burkhard Beschow & Anne Fellner, photo: Timo Ohler
Installation view of Max Brand, Untitled, 2016, courtesy Max Brand, photo: Timo Ohler
