Hinterland par Valentin Lessner
Hinterland
Originating from a Bavarian tailoring family’s heritage, Valentin Lessner is uniting classical and traditional garments with avant-garde pattern construction and hyperrealistic material usage to the purpose of conserving and re-interpreting artefacts and objects from the past.The capsule collection “Hinterland”, realized together with the support ofChanel and le19M, is rooted in the land behind the coast and the banks of rivers, far away from cities and any kind of human civilization.
The collection can be defined as nothing other than an eccentric tension between a certain object and the pure brutal aggression to survive, balancing on the edge among beauty and obscenity. A feeling from in between dream and reality to myth and verity–brought to life with craft.The collaborations with Goossens and Atelier Verneuil-en-Halatte are visually guided by human and animal mortal remains that are from their common view of being repulsive and repugnant placed into anew context of twisted and haunted beauty. The idea of both collaborations is to create a hyper real blend between reality-rendered artworks and wearable accessory objects–blurring the line between digital and physical realities.Mainly inspired by hunting and forest trophies, an inside-out animal’s tooth is visually merging with the shape of a bracelet, imitating an animal biting a human’s wrist that is translated into a fine jewellery object with the support of Goossens. Honoring the heritage of Goossens with their traditional techniques and finishings of galvanized tin, the idea of the collaboration is to create an eccentric tension between a hand crafted and fine piece of luxury jewellery that radiates pure brutal aggression.The collaboration with Atelier Verneuil-en-Halatte draws inspiration from foxtails and furry alpine collector artefacts as main references for the sculptured oversized bag–visually merging the furry surface of shearling with the shape of vintage marine and mountain army bags fromGermany andSwitzerland
