Onesie World

Thousands of onesies made by the local community are released into the world! Festival attendees are invited to take a onesie and wear it until they go to bed that night. The onesies bring people together through the process of making and wearing. By wearing a onesie the audience became the work, create the work and make a festival trend that continues to produce a world that grows with a desire to be part of the pack.

Onesie Wold has been presented as part of multiple festivals and biennales all over the world. It won best Live Art Project in 2017.

STATE OF FASHION, FASHION BIENNALE, SEARCHING FOR THE NEW LUXURY, ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS, 2018

100 onesies were made for the opening of State of Fashion 2018. Each onesie had a letter of the alphabet that invited the audience to come together to create words/ stories around the search for the new luxury. Onesie World suggested that the new luxury is about inclusivity, designing collaboratively.

Luxury onesie designed in collaboration with Chantal Kirby
Producer: Asu Aksu
Onesie Makers: Marijke Broekhuijsen, Elisa Kley, Natalie de Koning, Ieva Uzkurataite, Rachel Klok, Wolter Pot, Meike van Leyveld, Marco Blazevic, Anne-Marie Leijser, John Paul, Nathali Nijman, Michael de Geus, Marijn Brinksma, Rosa Kampinga, Nathali Nijman
Dancers: Madeline Bullard, Julie Kurris, Peter Cripps Clark, Elise Oster
Sound: Andreas Kuhne & Luke Deane
Images: Mats Logen

Facilitated by ArtEZ University of the Arts, Master Fashion Strategy & State of Fashion 2018

MONA FOMA, TASMANIA, 2018

Producer: Frith Loone
Sound: by artist and composer Dylan Sheridan.
Movement: by STOMPIN dance group.
Thank you: Shelley McCuaig, Brian Ritchie, Paul Lim, MONA, Sally, Sarah, TasTAFE, Women’s Friendship Group, Team Textiles, Sewing Corner, Ruche Fabric, RMIT University, The distribution team and to everyone who participated.
Photo Credit: MONA/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

VRYSTAAT ARTS FESTIVAL, BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA, 2017

Curator: Angela De Jesus
Producers: Corneli van den Berg and Kezia Gerber from Audeamus Studios
Facilitators and Collaborators: Lisa Nel, Jaco Spies, Doretha Jacobs, Dipuo Machogo
Onesie Designers and Makers: Bloemfontein Fashion Academy, Central University of Technology with students from the Department of Design and Studio Art, Doretha Jacobs with members of the Bloemfontein community, Kedibone Moeti, Tlagu Manju and the needlework project from Leinaeng Library, Rocklands.
Onesie Print Design: University of the Free State with students from Department of Fine Art and Central University of Technology with students from the Department of Design and Studio Art
Musicians: Dewald Bux, Kay Da Word, OsIIIris
Sound engineering: Kabelo Mahlakeng, Kuena Moholi and Creative Kilowatt
PIAD Project Co-ordinator: Bongani Njalo
Brand Consultant: Johannes Deetlefs

Onesie World was presented as part of the Programme for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD), an initiative by the University of the Free State and the Vrystaat Arts Festival supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Situate Art in Festivals and Salamanca Arts Centre.

Onesie World won best Live Art Project, 2017

MONA FOMA, TASMANIA, 2019

2,500 DIY onesie (no sewing machine required!)
Collaboration with Finnish clothing label Self-Assembly (Matti Liimatainen)
Producer: Frith Loone
Thank you: Shelley McCuaig, Brian Ritchie, Paul Lim, MONA, Sally Lowe, Sarah Birtwistle, Shannon Green, Hannah Berry, Sonya Kaan, Jye Marshall, Joanne Davies, Daphne Mohajer Va Pesaran, Bonnie Bowden, Tommy, Megan, Oscar, RMIT University
Photo Credit: MONA/Jesse Hunniford. Image courtesy of the artist and MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia