The project residency "Raqama" by 3DXR DRIMA and EVRIAT is an interdisciplinary space for designing and producing a fashion collection through 3D technologies and ancient local practices. The project aims to bring cutting-edge innovation and transdisciplinarity to Southern Italy, creating a context of design and artistic experimentation on fashion production processes. Intending to integrate manufacturing and 3D advanced technologies, the project aims to reduce the environmental impact of production processes while promoting research into the future of clothing. Through the use of 3D body scans and parametric codes, combined with direct 3D printing on fabric and the use of sustainable materials, Raqama redefines the boundaries between craftsmanship and automation, between tradition and innovation.

The residency unfolds through seven key phases, each lasting one week, moving the fashion design and production process through an interdisciplinary and participatory approach. Activities encompass territory, material research, 3D body digitalization, 3D and manual design, and hybrid production, culminating in final curation and event realization. Indeed, designers will explore the local context and community, investigate the topic of the residency, and co-create the artistic mood boards taking inspiration from the local women's communities. Then they will learn and practice traditional manual practices of fashion design, selecting materials and textures. Then with 3D technologies, local women's bodies will be modelled and scanned, to design tailor-made fashion outputs; moreover, 3D printing techniques and materials will be analyzed. Each designer then will create new fashion items directly in 3D, so moving to garment production and collection organization for public exhibition.

We are looking for artists specializing in fashion design with experience in using AUTOCAD as well. The residency lasts 7 weeks and the output will be the creation of a collection designed through the use of 3D scansion but also researching the old craft traditions of southern Italy 

 Digital Culture

 Fashion