A dark, theatrical scene featuring a bare tree and a large, draped yellow fabric on the right, the ground is covered in green plants and dry brush.

24 – 27 Feb

Wackie Ju 'S8S' Sensory Fashion Exhibition

S8S is a sensory-fashion exhibition by multidisciplinary art label Wackie Ju, that traces the evolution of the label’s first two couture collections within the Self-Save trilogy – originally presented at Australian Fashion Week.

Expanding beyond the runway, S8S transforms couture into a spatial narrative, featuring garments on mannequins and suspended installations alongside graphic and object-based works. The exhibition unfolds as a multi-sensory journey, activated through an original soundtrack by Sha 芝麻 Zhi Ma and custom scent and sculptures by Jesse Wakenshaw.

Structured in two chapters, S8S presents a metaphoric timeline shaped by paradox: a cyclical movement of self-healing that oscillates between past and future. What appears as progression is unsettled by a deeper inquiry into survival – questioning the erosion of humanity and empathy within systems where innocence becomes impossible to retain.

Part of PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival.