Arkadius is dead

Influential fashion critics compared him to John Galliano, Alexander McQueen or Stella McCartney. Inspired by childbirth and childbirth, the Polish countryside, religions, sex work or the American invasion of Iraq, the collections were provocative commentary on reality, and the conceptual shows were riveting, full-fledged spectacles. His avant-garde creations and glasses were worn by: Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Pink, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Justin Timberlake.

Arek Weremczuk from Parczew, Podlubelski, was the only Polish designer in history to climb to the very top. In 2015 — deceived by his associates, disappointed by the business fiasco in Poland and the world of high fashion — he announced his death and rebirth as AFKAA (Artist Formerly Known As Arkadius). Today she lives in Salvador, Brazil, and shies away from the fashion industry, considering it a liar and fatal to the planet. As he said in an interview with “High Heels”: “he is nobody and he is happy.”

“Arkadius is dead” is a play inspired by the character of a designer, balancing between biography and literary fantasy about a boy from a Polish province who tries to break out of small-town restrictions and reach for fame. The uncompromising world of fashion becomes a metaphor for aggressive capitalism, and the spectacular visuals of the shows and spectacular costumes build a story of big dreams that collide with the reality of exploitation.

Is it possible to escape from a system that tempts, absorbs and destroys at the same time?

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