The Works：Toby Crispy’s “Dress in Time”, Sui Jianguo@Pace & in the studio: Jazz Fest - Dasom Baek Tr

According to the United Nations, the fashion industry is responsible for eight to ten percent of global emissions, more than the international aviation and shipping industries combined. If current growth continues, fast fashion emissions alone will increase five times by 2030. For designer Toby Crispy, concerns about the environmental and human cost of fast fashion hit very close to home.

Since 2008, sculptor Sui Jianguo has been using 3D scanning to capture details such as the shape and the texture of his palms and incorporate them into his works. On show at Pace Gallery till 26th of this month is a new body of work that consists of eight sculptures and ten works on paper. The new series includes his exploration of the traditional material of marble and how technology can interact with it.

Now in its fifth year, the annual Freespace Jazz Fest starts this week in its largest edition to date. The seven-day festival showcases more than 500 musicians from 11 countries in over 100 performances. For this year's Jazzfest, local musician and composer Olivier Cong has joined forces with three Korean musicians in a concert that combines traditional instrumental sounds and electronic elements.