THE WORLD OF EQUATOR AFFAIR

EQUATOR AFFAIR IS AN INDEPENDENT CREATIVE STUDIO BASED IN SRI LANKA. IT EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY, IDENTITY AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE THROUGH FASHION, ART, EXPERIENCES AND WELLBEING.

OUR WORK TAKES SHAPE IN THE CONDITIONS OF EQUATORIAL LIFE. HEAT, HUMIDITY, LIGHT, DENSITY, MOVEMENT AND RITUAL INFORM HOW WE THINK ABOUT CLOTHING AND THE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH IT EXISTS. WE LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRACTICAL AND THE EXPRESSIVE, THE FAMILIAR AND THE UNFAMILIAR, THE PERSONAL AND THE COLLECTIVE.

WE WORK WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES, INCLUDING SURPLUS AND DEADSTOCK TEXTILES, DEVELOPING GARMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE MATERIALS, PEOPLE AND PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES AROUND US. EACH COLLECTION IS SHAPED BY WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT CAN BE MADE AND WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE. THIS APPROACH INFORMS OUR QUANTITIES, CONSTRUCTION AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF OUR WORK.

EQUATOR AFFAIR REFLECTS A PLACE AND ITS PEOPLE WITHOUT BEING CONFINED BY CONVENTIONAL IDEAS OF HERITAGE OR NATIONAL IDENTITY. WE ARE INTERESTED IN HOW CULTURE MOVES, ADAPTS AND FINDS EXPRESSION ACROSS GENERATIONS AND GEOGRAPHIES, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND ITS DIASPORA.

THROUGH OUR DISCIPLINES, WE BUILD A WORLD THAT IS CONTINUALLY SHAPED BY THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO IT AND THE CULTURES THAT SURROUND IT.

FREE EARTH.