Creative archive

The Lockdown Collection

Forty handmade sculptural hats created during lockdown, each built as a wearable world and filmed for a global audience.

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Catalogue plate from Henry Galea's Lockdown Collection showing the Circus Hat

40one-of-a-kind sculptural hats

433,945,000documented TikTok views

2020-21created during lockdown

36ranked works with archived performance

Origin

When the world stopped, a collection began.

During the COVID lockdowns, Henry transformed ordinary hats into elaborate sculptural pieces. Each hat became the centre of a complete makeup character and a series of short-form videos.

The collection now sits between wearable art, makeup, digital performance and social media history.

Catalogue page documenting 433,945,000 TikTok views for Henry Galea's Lockdown Collection

Documented reach

A handmade archive that travelled digitally.

The verified TikTok total covers the archived performance supplied with the collection. It does not include additional reach from Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or reposts.

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