The artwork “Electric Dress” was created by artist Atsuko Tanaka in 1956. It is an assemblage and installation art piece aligned with the Neo-Dada art movement. The artwork is an embodiment of postwar avant-garde aesthetics and serves to blur the lines between fashion, sculpture, and technology.
The “Electric Dress” looks like a wearable garment fashioned from a collection of electrical components, including colored light bulbs and cables, that radiate and illuminate in various colors. The assemblage hangs as an installation, and when lit, it creates an almost festive yet chaotic visual experience, with wires and bulbs hanging and bulging out. It triggers thoughts on the electrification of the modern world and how technology intersects with the human body and fashion. The sculpture presents a radical fusion of the organic and the mechanical, inviting viewers to contemplate the increasingly symbiotic relationship between humans and technology.
