Virgil Abloh tinyere ngwungwu egwuregwu na zany jupụtara na ihe ịtụnanya dịka nwata maka usoro ngosi agwakọtara nke mbụ ya.
Virgil Abloh na-ewepụta nkwụsị mbụ nke mkpokọta #LouisVuitton ọhụrụ ya na njem nkịtị na njem n'ụwa niile. Site n'ụlọ nna nna Maison na mpụga Paris, ndị ọrụ mara mma nke ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na-eme njem dị ka ebe mgbaba n'ime arịa mbupu nke mkpokọta ahụ ruo n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Shanghai.
"N'ezie, ọ dị ka idekọ mụ na ndị enyi m motley," Virgil Abloh kwuru na oku sitere na Chicago ụnyaahụ, n'ihu ihe ngosi ụmụ nwoke Louis Vuitton nke mere na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri na Shanghai taa.
Abloh na-ekwu maka ọtụtụ usoro echiche gbadoro ụkwụ abanye n'ime ihe na ihe atụ, yana ndị na-emekọ ihe ọnụ na ndị isi ojii - ndị na-eme ihe nkiri, ndị na-egwu egwu, na onye na-agụ egwú Ibrahim Kamara - ndị ọ webatara n'oge iche, nzaghachi ya na ihe ọ kọwara dị ka "ọgba aghara ndị a. ugboro… afọ a nke ngụkọ.”
Ihe ngosi ụmụ nwoke Louis Vuitton opupu-Okpomọkụ 2021 na Shanghai
Ihe omume a bụ ọmarịcha “ahụmahụ” ochie dị ndụ, nke emere n'ihu ndị ọbịa obodo nọ ọdụ n'ahịrị dịka ndị na-ege ntị na-emebu tupu Eprel, na-eyighị ihe mkpuchi. Emekwara ihe nlere anya na mpaghara. O kwuru, sị: “Mgbakọ dị nchebe n'ebe ahụ. Ma onye isi ihe okike, ugbu a nọ n'ụlọ na America, ma ọ bụ onye ọ bụla si n'isi ụlọ ọrụ L.V. Paris gara China.
Naanị uwe gafere kọntinent. Ma nke a bụ ebe Abloh welitere ahịrị akụkọ ahụ, nke malitere n'ime animation Zoooom With Friends, vidiyo juputara na anụmanụ katoon "ụzọ" nke wụsara n'ime L.V. mbupu containers. A hụrụ ha ikpeazụ na Julaị, na-ese n'elu ụgbọ mmiri dị n'akụkụ Seine na njedebe nke ọrụ YouTube a ma ama nke o nyere n'aka onye isi ihe nkiri Black Reggie Know na LA.
Taa ụgbọ mmiri ahụ akwụsịla, a na-agbasakwa ụdị ndị ahụ ka ha na-aga site na ezigbo arịa mbupu juru n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Shanghai, yana pontoon ejikọrọ na-ese n'elu osimiri ahụ. "Izu atọ ma ọ bụ anọ gara aga, mụ na Ibrahim Kamara dokọtara ihe niile dị na Paris wee zipụ ya ka ị na-ahụ ya." E nwere ihe ngosi mmeghe nke ndị ikom yi uwe mwụda turquoise na ihe mkpuchi ihu bandana dabara na nke ji ígwé ojii na oké osimiri.
Nnukwu inflatables nke L.V. katuun e kere eke lounged na-acha uhie uhie-ese osimiri containers.
Ya mere, mkpokọta ahụ gara n'ihu na-agbagharị azụ azụ iji nwetaghachi mmụọ nke ihe niile Abloh mere n'ụlọ kemgbe oge opupu ihe ubi 2019-malite na uwe ejiji nke oge a na-ejedebe na akwa akwa akwa na Magritte-dị ka igwe anụnụ anụnụ na igwe ojii sitere na ọdịda ikpeazụ - mana emesia tụgharịrị ya gaa n'ihu n'ihe ọ kọwara dị ka "hypnovisualism": nkwenye nke echiche ojii.
Edepụtara nkọwa nke ọnọdụ nnwere onwe nke uche n'ihe ngosi ya na-ekwu, sị: "Ala dị ebube nke njikọta ọnụ na ịdị n'otu, ọ na-eche ụwa site n'ọhụụ na-adịghị emerụ emerụ nke nwatakịrị, nke usoro mmemme ọha na-emebibeghị." N'ime oke iwe banyere igbu ọchụ nke George Floyd, mgbanwe Abloh na-eguzo n'azụ bụ nke Sun Ra's Afrofuturism, ike nke "ichepụta ụwa dị iche" - nke a na-ahụ anya na ugogbe anya maka anwụ mere ya na okpokolo agba na-ekwekọghị na ya, na ọdịdị ya. nke ifuru akara ngosi ewepụtara na kpochapụwo LV ebipụta.
N'echiche Abloh, continuum jikọtara ya na ihe nketa Ghanian nke ya, yana iche echiche banyere ọrụ ya dị ka nna ojii. O kwuru, sị: "Enwere m ụmụaka ga-ebi n'ụra anyị. "Ma n'ụzọ doro anya, achọghị m ka ha nweta ọrịa mkpokọta anyị na ha ga-ebi." Onyonyo eserese ihe egwuregwu ụmụaka juru, bụ nke a na-emepụta n'oge niile - na-atụgharị na 3D, tinye ya na jaket ndị nwere agba agba, na ilepụ anya na akpa - bụ ihe na-aga azụ n'ụbọchị ọ na-apụ "ịzụrụ ụmụ m onyinye. "
N'elu mkpụrụedemede oge ọ na-ezipụ bịara na-agwa nne na nna ya ụtụ akụkọ ndụ nke ukwuu. "Abloh, Eunice: nne Virgil Abloh, tolitere n'etiti Accra, Ghana. Mgbe o zutere Nee Abloh, o sonyeere ya na Rockford, Illinois, na 1973, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-akwa akwa. Eunice kụziiri nwa ya nwoke otú e si eji ígwè ọrụ akwa ákwà, ịrụsi ọrụ ike mgbe nile, na inwe ọmịiko.”
"Abloh, Nee: nna Virgil Abloh, tolitere n'obodo Tema nke dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri, Ghana, ma rụọ ọrụ n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Accra na-ebutu arịa mbupu."
Echoes n'ime nkwughachi! Ọ bụghị ihe niile ka a na-ahụ anya n'elu ihe Abloh na-eme, mana nke ahụ bụ usoro o nwere: "Nuance bụ egwuregwu m. Olu m bụ ọtụtụ ọkwa na ntụnyere aka. " N'ịga n'ihu na nchịkọta ahụ, ọ chere banyere njikọta nke Jamaican ska na egwu egwu agbụrụ abụọ nke Britain nke '70s na' 80s - ya mere psychedelic black-and-white checkerboard, nke meziri Vuitton mara mma n'ime Damier-enyocha. suut na akpụkpọ ụkwụ na-amị amị. E nwere uwe elu ọsụsọ nwere nkewa na agba ndụ ndụ, odo na ọbara ọbara nke ọkọlọtọ Rastafarian; akwa akwa ubu wuru maka nsọpụrụ nna ya. "Ana m eche, a bụ m onye Ghana - kedu ka ị ga-esi mee uwe ndị Africa?"
Enwere ihe ọzọ. Otu n'ime akwụkwọ sochirinụ nke rutere na ihe ngosi ahụ bụ aha "Upcycling Ideology," na-akọwapụta nkọwa n'azụ akụkụ mmeghe ahụ nke ọma. Ụfọdụ n'ime ibe ya, ka ọ pụtara, bụ ndị e ji akwa akwa akwagharị akwagharị. Ndị ọzọ bụ 'emelitere site n'echiche ndị emegharịgharịrị' ma ọ bụ "nkwughachi sitere na oge gara aga." Nkwụsị iche iche enyela Abloh “oge ịjụ ọnọdụ ejiji. M ga-enwekwu echiche banyere mmekọrịta mmadụ na ụwa. Ekpebiri m na etinyere ọtụtụ ihe na 'ọhụrụ' na ejiji. M na-agwa ndị ahịa m na uru anaghị emebi ka oge na-aga. "
Ọ bụrụ na e nwere ụkpụrụ zuru oke, ọ bụ n'ezie ihe ụkpụrụ ụkpụrụ pụtara—n'omenala, n'ihe metụtara otú mmadụ si eme ihe n'ọkwá ọchịchị n'obodo. N'etiti ihe nkiri ahụ, ihuenyo pụtara n'akụkụ akpa iji kpughee ihe ngosi nke Lauryn Hill, nke a na-adịghị ahụkebe nke dabeere, dị ka Abloh kwupụtara na njedebe vidiyo, na mmekorita ya na MLH Foundation, "iji baara Black uru. azụmaahịa COVID-19 metụtara na ihe isi ike ndị ọzọ. ”
Kedu ihe jikọrọ nke a na ngosipụta nke ejiji okomoko? Nye Virgil Abloh, oge eruola mgbe iji ike nke ikpo okwu ya dochie ya. "A na-eme ka ejiji na-eme ihe ugbu a na-abụghị naanị nleba anya nke uwe," o kwubiri na oku ya si Chicago. "Enwere ọrụ igosi ụzọ ịga n'ihu."
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