Sophia Linden X Elina Brotherus
EXPOSED
(MA)

Sophia Linden’s graduation work EXPOSED is a multidisciplinary artistic collaboration with lens-
based contemporary artist Elina Brotherus. Guided by dialogue and shared artistic curiosity, the
work explores the fusion of fashion, textile and photography.
The self-portraits that Brotherus took for the collaboration serve as a primary inspiration, guiding
the creation of the fashion collection and textile art that transforms images into tactile and
wearable form.

– I approach fashion and textiles as an artistic practice, and I’m interested in merging
them with visual arts to explore new forms of expression.

For this project, Linden and Brotherus were also invited by the city of Espoo to work site-
specifically in the Venturo House, designed by architect Matti Suuronen in 1971. Venturo’s
minimalist architecture, materiality and postmodern aesthetic, along with references to pop art,
shaped the collection’s visual language.

Linden’s work is centred around an experimental practice-led approach; through artistic textile
processes, she translated Brotherus’s photographs into woven, knitted and printed form, turning
the images into different structures, materials and colours. In the collection, the garments'
minimal silhouettes allow the textiles and images to take centre stage. Most of the materials
used in the collection are stock leftovers or upcycled yarns, fabrics, and vintage accessories
that are given a new life.

– I wanted to explore what meaning is created, lost, or transformed when different art
forms, such as textiles and photography, are fused together.

Contact information:
sophia.linden@aalto.fi
+358 400700010
@sophialinden