Hecate / Jingting Hu

About

Hecate is a multidisciplinary designer and artist from Zhejiang, China, currently based in London. She specializes in womenswear design, illustration, graphic design, eyewear design, installation art, and digital creation. A graduate of the China Academy of Art in 2022, she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Fashion with a focus on womenswear at the Royal College of Art.

Hecate’s work explores the intersection of clothing and Post-Classical Philosophy, emphasizing print, color, and feminine silhouettes to convey her artistic vision. Her designs integrate a unique aesthetic system with advanced technologies such as 3D modeling and virtual reality, demonstrating her adeptness in multidisciplinary collaboration and teamwork. She considers fashion to be an integral part of ourselves, inhabiting our lives and influencing our future. Her approach reflects the possibility of elevating fashion beyond its traditional boundaries, highlighting its potential as an expressive and transformative art form.

Digital Synopticon（2024）

Medium: garment, installation

Material: optical grating TPU, knit, acrylic, resin

As digital technologies evolve, they increasingly intrude into private spheres, reminiscent of Foucault’s Panopticon. Many, including the author, live in fear of this pervasive surveillance. Digital Synopticon (2024) explores manipulating AI perception through environmental shifts and ambiguous data, aiming to enable a dynamic interplay of mutual surveillance between humans and AI. The project creates a new digital human form by controlling shadows and employing optical materials like lenticular TPU, integrating clothing with virtual modeling. This form finds gaps in AI cognition and not only challenges conventional surveillance structures but also empowers individuals to influence AI perception and reclaim their autonomy.

The Growing Spiral（2024）

Medium: eyewear

Material: acetate, metal, mother of pearl

The prolonged wear of eyewear by individuals of Asian descent may cause slipping and discomfort in the eye socket, leading to a modification of this project to change the support points and fixed positions of the glasses. The design incorporates the natural curves of flowers and shells, using translucent colours and gentle acetate materials, as well as traditional Asian craft techniques and mother-of-pearl decorations. The production involves the use of 3D modelling and CNC technology.

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