Chorus of Circuits
Category: Apparel
Competitions: International
Chorus of Circuits is a speculative thesis collection by Adrian Aviles, created under the moniker Avidron, that imagines a future where memory is encoded in hardware and identity is reconstructed from the remnants of analog systems. Drawing on cybernetic decay, Latinx diasporic memory, and garment engineering, the collection fuses digital symbolism with physical transformation. Titled Skin Circuitry, this sculptural ensemble is crafted from wet-molded cowhide leather, formed directly over discarded circuit boards. This technique fossilizes outdated electronics into the surface of the garment, creating an exoskeleton that is both protective and intimate. The jacket and trousers are built through geometric paneling that distorts and redefines the body’s natural anatomy—offering a new, post-human silhouette shaped by technological residue. Skin Circuitry embodies the collection’s central question: how does the body carry grief, history, and code in a world where machines outlive memory? By transforming obsolete materials into tactile armor, the piece channels the notion of clothing as interface—an emotional and physical threshold between flesh and circuitry. The embedded reliefs act as ghost prints of a forgotten network, while the rich tannin-dyed leather recalls the vulnerability of skin. Through Chorus of Circuits, Aviles presents garments as tools for adaptation and survival. In Skin Circuitry, the wearer becomes a conduit—shielded not by fashion as ornament, but by fashion as living archive.
