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Tavares Strachan

B.A.S.E.C. (Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center) Bomber Jacket

Maker

Tavares Strachan (Bahamian, b. 1979), designer
BASEC, design label
Ella Strachan, seamstress, (RISD BFA 2003, Glass)

Title

B.A.S.E.C. (Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center) Bomber Jacket

Year

2020

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

CBL: 63.5 cm (25 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Patches on front and back of jacket: [front patch] B.A.S.E.C.; [left arm patch] Robert Henry Lawrence BASEC 2009; [left arm patch] BASEC Sugarcane Rocket launch 2010; [right arm patch] Atlantic Explorer / Invisible R.O.V. Basec 2009; [back patch] B.A.S.E.C. / Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Rosanne Somerson, RISD President 2015-2021

Object Number

2021.92

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

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Tombstone

Tavares Strachan (Bahamian, b. 1979), designer
BASEC, design label
Ella Strachan, seamstress
B.A.S.E.C. (Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center) Bomber Jacket, 2020
Cotton, nylon, polyester, spandex, silk; plain weave; rib knit trim; cotton plain weave ikat-dyed lining
CBL: 63.5 cm (25 inches)
Gift of Rosanne Somerson, RISD President 2015-2021 2021.92

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