Dressing For Evacuation: Photoshoot and Survey 2018

<i>Dressing for Evacuation</i> is a series of life size photographic portraits, shown as part of the US <i>Feverish World</i> <i>Symposium</i>, 2018 and the <i>UK Fashion &amp; Textiles FutureScan 4 </i>Conference in 2019. Through a fictional participatory scenario the project explores human emergency responses to getting dressed and gathering limited possessions for survival.<br><br>This item contains 11 photos of the participants with extracts of their completed surveys, 3 descriptions of each stage, contextual and background information, a fictional alert, and a survey template.<br><br>This item documents the photoshoot and survey stages of <i>Dressing for Evacuation</i>, where participants were alerted to an imminent major environmental disaster in the UK, and asked to dress and gather a few portable possessions for immediate evacuation. The Participants were photographed and their responses were gathered through a written survey, from which findings and observations were drawn that reflect on our preparedness for a state of emergency.<br><br><i>Dressing For Evacuation</i> is part of Curtis's ongoing<i> </i>series of fictional scenario projects, <i>Imagining Neutopia.</i><i><br></i><b>Photography by Lucy Saunders</b><b>Used with permission.<br></b><b><br>The work is under copyright and may not be used without permission. Use of this repository acknowledges cooperation with its policies and relevant copyright law.</b><br>