Spaghetti, Plugged In

The project began with an exploration of absurd ideas. I’m drawn to surrealism and speculative narratives, and I became fascinated by the simple thought of creating “spaghetti trousers.” What started as a playful visual experiment gradually revealed a more conceptual direction, with each iteration shaping the meaning of the piece.

As the materiality evolved, the strands began to resemble electrical cables rather than pasta, shifting the work towards a reflection on technology and our increasingly intertwined relationship with it. The garment became a wearable extension of digital infrastructure, prompting a new question: where is the boundary between what we wear and how we connect to the world?

I was also interested in visual paradoxes—the contrast between soft, playful forms and technological function, reinforced through details like the blue cables and the pink rotary phone. Rather than beginning with a fixed message, I allowed the concept to emerge through making, following unexpected visual associations until the work found its own narrative. Throughout the process, my focus was not on realism, but on balancing elegance, humour and quiet unease to create an image that feels both familiar and impossible.