This collection draws inspiration from the work of H.R. Giger, particularly his exploration of technology, nature, and cosmic horror in the 1979 science fiction film Alien. Giger’s questions about humanity's relationship with these themes, combined with my own investigation of cosmic horror as a metaphor for the internal struggle with grief, serve as the foundation for this collection, which intertwines a science fiction narrative with themes of loss.
Titled “Atropos,” after the Greek Fate known as the "cutter of the thread of life," the collection is rooted in a visceral concept where texture and silhouette play crucial roles. To develop the textures, I imagined the foliage and environment of a fictional alien planet, drawing on research into the rendering of realistic environments in gaming and cinema. This approach allowed me to experiment with fabric manipulation through the lens of mathematics and geometry, envisioning an otherworldly landscape with colors far removed from our usual associations with nature: deep onyx blacks and ominous red bioluminescence.
For the silhouettes, I was inspired by monolithic alien structures, with their imposing, almost brutalist angular geometry, juxtaposed against the organic forms of alien life. The shapes echo the exaggerated exoskeleton and muscle fibers of Giger’s Alien and the flowing contours of a foreign landscape, seeking a balance between the technical and the organic, the alien and the familiar.
