Dimensions: variable, 4 large & 4 small sized aprons, oven mitts
Medium: Aprons made from altered, open-source pattern on a clothesline
Introduced by the government in 1998, Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT) camouflage was the first of its kind designed post-Gulf War. Adopted internationally, the pixelated camouflage pattern was an attempt to address new technologies in warfare by imitating the snow on a television screen receiving no signal. For twenty years, the sharp-edged, square pixels differentiated official military camouflage from patterns first appropriated ironically by anti-war and counter-culture revolutionaries in the 1970s and 80s, and then embraced by artists, designers and fashionistas in the decades to follow. Camouflage, now in a rainbow of colour palettes, is seen everywhere from yoga pants to home décor to protesting police officers. In 2018, the CADPAT patent expired and restrictions on non-military use of this camouflage pattern were lifted. Instantly and without irony, this pattern is becoming normalized.
Photography: Elana Excoffler