Schaapje aapje
A project about my twin sister and I. A photo from the past where we stroll together, next to each other, at the campsite. A memory of which I know many. At various campsites throughout France and Italy.
This is a project I did in the third year of my studies, it showed that text and color are two important parts in my thoughts to get a more concrete picture of what is going on in my head. By putting together a map of the memories that my sister and I have and looking in detail at what we used to wear, in terms of color, shape and print.
For example, I put baby and toddler photos next to each other and I was able to build a web with where we wore the same and where not, and whether these were conscious choices on our part or on my mother's. To see where we no longer looked like twins in clothing.
Make the comparison but also conclude the differences.
For example, I photographed my clothes from my wardrobe individually and did the same with my sister. Which colors still matched and which ones did we wear separately? Which colors were the most similar and was there an explanation for this?
And how did we find out? Was it a simple twin phenomenon of things you have interests in because you were in the womb together or that you are influenced by the environment in which you grow up?
Or is it in our own communication? Because we built a strong bond, spent a lot of time together and could lean on each other, and as a result we developed our own language.
Which is readable for us alone.
Because if you are twins, identical or fraternal, you always share your birthday, people congratulate you together and that you therefore have one language that you share with your other half from the womb and that is this language.
This research led me to focus on most of our communications, which were often about the app. Just a quick text, with questions about 'What do you think about this?' or 'Do you think this suits me?' or 'Don't you have something like this hanging in your closet, can I borrow that from you?'
My sister and I are also very lucky in that we are almost the same size in clothes, unfortunately not in shoes. This means we can often lend clothes to each other or I can try them on for her, entertain them and then I'm almost certain that she will try them on too.
In addition to the color similarities in both our wardrobes, I also looked at the shape of the garments. Are there similarities in certain shapes that we seek out and like to wear? And can these shapes be recreated in a single garment that can be worn in multiple ways, allowing the different shapes to be worn? And also the details of the garments. Think of collars, pleats, buttons, etc.
Blue is a color that we used to wear a lot with red and green and white striped with blue. Blue is a color that we also wear a lot now. Jeans, but also tops. That blue one called Serulian. Then Navy blue, black and red. Light yellow is her favorite color and red is mine.
Let's make an alphabet of our language.