{"id":133154,"date":"2020-06-26T13:53:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T11:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=133154"},"modified":"2021-08-06T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T08:29:18","slug":"we-talk-w-barbara-sanchez-kane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/we-talk-w-barbara-sanchez-kane\/","title":{"rendered":"We talk w\/ B\u00e1rbara S\u00e1nchez-Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mexican designer S\u00e1nchez Kane takes us to a new artistic dimension of social denunciation and activism through fashion. The ‘haute couture barrio’ runs through her veins and leads to experimental and political designs with which she constructs the new uniform of the Mexican man pressed by the inclusion of gender.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the house of Kane<\/a>‘s ‘macho sentimental’<\/strong>,\u00a0a shower of emotions falls. The clothes are woven through a perfect balance of ethics & aesthetics<\/strong>. Religion<\/strong> is reinvented to connect with sexuality<\/strong>, and Latino culture<\/strong> embraces traditional design techniques<\/strong> in an attempt to change the heteronormative Mexican perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Her background in industrial engineering<\/strong> and fashion design<\/strong> converges in artistic work<\/strong> in its entirety with which he projects a remake<\/strong> of the Latin heritage<\/strong> in different formats such as performance<\/strong>, installation, writing,<\/strong> or sculpture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In their showcase, collections like Citizen SS17<\/strong> and Artesanal Sex Shop FW18<\/strong> reflect a feminist manifesto<\/strong> that subverts masculinity<\/strong> with messages like ‘Make America Gay Again’. They also criticize Trump’s abysmal system.<\/p>\n

Here the labels of gender and orthodoxy are diluted to dress the new sentimental male of CDMX who no longer denies his impulses<\/strong>. Welcome to the Mexican fantasy.<\/p>\n

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Highxtar (H)<\/strong> \u2013<\/span><\/span> How would you define the sentimental male that encompasses the Sanchez-Kane ethos?<\/p>\n

Kane (K) \u2013 <\/span><\/strong><\/span>SK creates a visual universe portraying a new perception of beauty, a human being of any kind who does not deny his impulses. The main inspiration for my collections and work in Mexico, but the meaning can be understood universally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are ambassadors of a nation that belongs not only to the beautiful but to the brave and sensitive. Creating in turn a creative imaginary that promotes gender equality through the breaking of dress codes, in a world of unlimited trust and rare possibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are no longer afraid to explore and find new answers, even though they come loaded with darkness, brutality, fear, and our darker selves – much of what we were taught to hide. We inhabit the space between the minutes in an extraordinary way with a deep connection to our soul. This sincerity of message emerges in liberation from our essence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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S\u00e1nchez Kane x Bullet Mag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

H<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 What did you learn from your experience in VFILES? What can we see from that momentous episode in your current collections?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

K<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>Presenting outside my country gave me the acceptance and approval of Mexican magazines and platforms, as they did not believe in my work as it was completely different and charged with sexuality and sentimentality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The constant trial and error explorations – erasing any pre-established lines. This search allows us to generate new questions expanding and stimulating the creative process permeating different areas. When you go to a SK show you find more than just a collection of clothes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last two shows in Mexico: LAS PUERTAS AL SENTIMIENTALISMO and LATINO COUTURE, I was moved to tears as were many of the audience… I can’t even describe it with words but it was an extremely magical moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n